[ENCYCLOPEDIE]. DIDEROT (Denis) & ALEMBERT (Jean Le ROND - Lot 59

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[ENCYCLOPEDIE]. DIDEROT (Denis) & ALEMBERT (Jean Le ROND - Lot 59
[ENCYCLOPEDIE]. DIDEROT (Denis) & ALEMBERT (Jean Le ROND d'). Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers. Paris, Neuchâtel & Amsterdam, 1751-1780. 35 volumes in-folio, speckled calf, ornate ribbed spine, morocco title-pieces (period binding). Text: 17 volumes [Paris, Briasson, David, Le Breton et Durand, 1751-1757 (volumes I to VII), and Neufchastel, Faulche, 1765 (volumes VIII to XVII)]. Plates: 11 volumes [Paris, Briasson, and Neufchastel, Faulche, 1762-1772]. Supplements: 5 volumes [Paris, Panckoucke , and Amsterdam, Rey, 1776-1777 (including t. XII of plates)]. Table: 2 volumes [Paris, Panckoucke, and Amsterdam, Rey, 1780]. ORIGINAL EDITION of this collective work edited by DIDEROT and d'ALEMBERT, bringing together texts by GRIMM, HOLBACH, ROUSSEAU and TURGOT and providing a wealth of information on technical, scientific and industrial fields, mixed with the presentation of philosophical principles which, in 1752 and 1759, twice led to the condemnation of this work, which could only be completed thanks to the protection of Guillaume de LAMOIGNON DE MALESHERBES. A folded table of the "Système figuré des connoissances humaines" and over 3120 engraved plates. Binding slightly mismatched, with a few accidents to the headpieces and spines; burn to the first spine of Volume IV of the Supplement; some plates slightly scorched; a few poorly bound quires and plates.
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