Note 259 — Chapter XVII · FRENCH FREETHOUGHT IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Mallet du Pan says he saw the MS., and knew Diderot to have received 10,000 livres tournois for his additions. This statement is incredible. But Meister is explicit, in his éloge, as to Diderot having written for the book much that he thought nobody would sign, whereas Raynal was ready to sign anything. ↑