Description
DIDEROT AND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopedia or Reasoned Dictionary of Sciences, Arts and Crafts. New edition. Geneva, Pellet 1777-1779. 36 vol.of text + 3 vol. of plates in-4. Marbled calf, ornate caissons and title-pieces on the spine, marbled edges. Portraits of Diderot and D'Alembert, engraved after C.N. Cochin in the frontispiece of volumes I and II. 443 copper-engraved plates, under the direction of Benard, including many folding, double or triple plates and some folding tables in the text volume. A fine, fresh copy, despite a few minor defects: a small lack of skin at the top cover of volume V, a corner torn in volume I of the plates.
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DIDEROT AND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopedia or Reasoned Dictionary of Sciences, Arts and Crafts. New edition. Geneva, Pellet 1777-1779. 36 vol.of text + 3 vol. of plates in-4. Marbled calf, ornate caissons and title-pieces on the spine, marbled edges. Portraits of Diderot and D'Alembert, engraved after C.N. Cochin in the frontispiece of volumes I and II. 443 copper-engraved plates, under the direction of Benard, including many folding, double or triple plates and some folding tables in the text volume. A fine, fresh copy, despite a few minor defects: a small lack of skin at the top cover of volume V, a corner torn in volume I of the plates.
