DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784) and Jean D'ALEMBERT (1717?-1783), editors. Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers par une société des gens des lettres. Geneva: Pellet, 1777-79; Neuchâtel: La Société Typographique, 1779 (vol. 30 only). - Receuil de planches pour la nouvelle édition du dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Geneva: Pellet, 1778-1779.
Small 4to (260x295 mm. binding). 440 partly folding or double-page engraved maps and plates (complete), with the 2 engraved frontispiece portraits (of Diderot and D'Alembert in vol I and II) and several folding printed tables.
Contemporary brown half leather, gilt spines in six compartments, speckled edges. Bookplate of Harry Fett. Some notes in French on a tipped-in paper inside to first front board.
39 volumes.
Harry Fett (8 September 1875 – 13 September 1962), Norwegian art historian and factory owner. He headed the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage from 1913 to 1946. (Wikipedia).
Quarto edition of the Great French Encyclopedie, a monument in the European intellectual history, which formed the base for the Age of Enlightenment and contributed to the French revolution.
PMM 200.
Plate volume 3 partly dampstained, otherwise some spotting and browning. Text partly dampstained, staining and spotting.
Bindings worn, partly with damages, a few repaires, many split joints, some staining.
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DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784) and Jean D'ALEMBERT (1717?-1783), editors. Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers par une société des gens des lettres. Geneva: Pellet, 1777-79; Neuchâtel: La Société Typographique, 1779 (vol. 30 only). - Receuil de planches pour la nouvelle édition du dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Geneva: Pellet, 1778-1779.
Small 4to (260x295 mm. binding). 440 partly folding or double-page engraved maps and plates (complete), with the 2 engraved frontispiece portraits (of Diderot and D'Alembert in vol I and II) and several folding printed tables.
Contemporary brown half leather, gilt spines in six compartments, speckled edges. Bookplate of Harry Fett. Some notes in French on a tipped-in paper inside to first front board.
39 volumes.
Harry Fett (8 September 1875 – 13 September 1962), Norwegian art historian and factory owner. He headed the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage from 1913 to 1946. (Wikipedia).
Quarto edition of the Great French Encyclopedie, a monument in the European intellectual history, which formed the base for the Age of Enlightenment and contributed to the French revolution.
PMM 200.
Plate volume 3 partly dampstained, otherwise some spotting and browning. Text partly dampstained, staining and spotting.
Bindings worn, partly with damages, a few repaires, many split joints, some staining.
Har du något liknande att sälja? Gör en kostnadsfri värdering!