DIDEROT - D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopedie.
DIDEROT, Denis - ALEMBERT, Jean le Rond d'. Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers Par une société de Gens de Lettres. 1751 – 1780
35 volumi in folio. Legatura coeva in vitello porfido, dorso a sei nervi ornato di fiordalisi. Le legature dei tre volumi dei supplementi sono in vitello marmorizzato, i due volumi con le ‘Tables’ sono in legatura ‘pastiche’. Comprende: 17 volumi di Testo e 11 volumi di Planches Paris, Le Breton, Briasson, David, Durand ; Neuchâtel, Faulche [dal1751 al 1772]; 4 volumi di Supplemento con il testo e 1 volume con il Supplemento delle tavole Rey, Amsterdam, e Panckoucke, Stoupe et Brunet, Paris, [1776-1777] 2 volumi in folio con le Tables dell’abbé Mouchon, «Tables analytiques et raisonnée des matières contenues dans les 33 volumes in folio du dictionnaire des arts et des sciences» Paris chez Pankoucke, Amsterdam chez Marc Michel Rey, [1780] Legature con tracce d’uso, qualche difetto e mancanza. Internamente alcune occasionali bruniture e strappetti. Nel complesso bel set completo di questa monumentale opera.
Edizione illustrata completa con le 3129 tavole, comprese le tavole degli ermafroditi nel volume XII, le tavole ripiegate nel testo, così come la grande tavola riassuntiva dell'Indice più volte ripiegata. Opera completa con tutte le tavole, l’Antiporta, i Supplementi e le ‘Tables’.
Edizione originale. L'Encyclopedie è l'opera più importante pubblicata nel XVIII secolo, uno dei libri fondanti la storia delle idee nel mondo occidentale. PMM, 200: «A monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien régime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization [...] Each volume as it appeared caused a sensation throughout Europe. The court, the church, the judiciary were outraged; the number of subscribers, originally one thousand, rose to four thousand. In 1759, the seven volumes so far published were banned by the French Attorney-General and condemned by the Pope [...] Le Breton, however, carried on clandestinely and in 1765 completed the tenth volume, the last according to the prospectus. But a rising young publisher, Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, continued the work until 1780. By that time, at least seven pirated editions had been published in Geneva, Berne, Lausanne, Yverdum, Lucca and Leghorn». Adams, Bibliographie Diderot, G1; Brunet, 31851; Dibner, 85; DSB IV, 86-87; Grolier/Horblit, 25b; Norman, 637.
Condition Report: 35 volumes in folio, Binding in full period porphyry calfskin, spine with six nerves adorned with fleurons, Three volumes of the supplements, text and plate are in marbled calfskin and the two volumes with the 'Tables' are in 'pastiche' binding. Content: - 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates Paris, Le Breton, Briasson, David, Durand; Neuchâtel, Faulche. [From 1751 to 1772]; - 4 volumes of Text Supplement, 1 volume of Plates Supplement Rey, Amsterdam, and Panckoucke, Stoupe and Brunet, Paris. [1776-1777] - 2 volumes of plates by Abbé Mouchon, «Tables analytiques et raisonnée des matières contenues dans les 33 volumes in folio du dictionnaire des arts et des sciences» Paris chez Pankoucke, Amsterdam chez Marc Michel Rey, [1780]. Bindings with traces of wear, defects and lacking. Innerly some occasional brownings and little tears. Overall a nice complete set of this monumental work.
Complete Illustrated edition of 3129 plates including plates of the hermaphrodites in volume XII, complete of its folding tables in the text, as well as the large summary table of the Index folded several times. Complete work with all the plates, the Frontispiece, the Supplements and the 'Tables'.
First Edition. The Encyclopedie is the most important work published in the XVIIIth century, one of the books founding the history of ideas in the western world. PMM, 200: «A monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien régime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization [...] Each volume as it appeared caused a sensation throughout Europe. The court, the church, the judiciary were outraged; the number of subscribers, originally one thousand, rose to four thousand. In 1759, the seven volumes so far published were banned by the French Attorney-General and condemned by the Pope [...] Le Breton, however, carried on clandestinely and in 1765 completed the tenth volume, the last according to the prospectus. But a rising young publisher, Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, continued the work until 1780. By that time, at least seven pirated editions had been published in Geneva, Berne, Lausanne, Yverdum, Lucca and Leghorn». Adams, Bibliographie Diderot, G1; Brunet, 31851; Dibner, 85; DSB IV, 86-87; Grolier/Horblit, 25b; Norman, 637.
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DIDEROT, Denis - ALEMBERT, Jean le Rond d'. Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers Par une société de Gens de Lettres. 1751 – 1780
35 volumi in folio. Legatura coeva in vitello porfido, dorso a sei nervi ornato di fiordalisi. Le legature dei tre volumi dei supplementi sono in vitello marmorizzato, i due volumi con le ‘Tables’ sono in legatura ‘pastiche’. Comprende: 17 volumi di Testo e 11 volumi di Planches Paris, Le Breton, Briasson, David, Durand ; Neuchâtel, Faulche [dal1751 al 1772]; 4 volumi di Supplemento con il testo e 1 volume con il Supplemento delle tavole Rey, Amsterdam, e Panckoucke, Stoupe et Brunet, Paris, [1776-1777] 2 volumi in folio con le Tables dell’abbé Mouchon, «Tables analytiques et raisonnée des matières contenues dans les 33 volumes in folio du dictionnaire des arts et des sciences» Paris chez Pankoucke, Amsterdam chez Marc Michel Rey, [1780] Legature con tracce d’uso, qualche difetto e mancanza. Internamente alcune occasionali bruniture e strappetti. Nel complesso bel set completo di questa monumentale opera.
Edizione illustrata completa con le 3129 tavole, comprese le tavole degli ermafroditi nel volume XII, le tavole ripiegate nel testo, così come la grande tavola riassuntiva dell'Indice più volte ripiegata. Opera completa con tutte le tavole, l’Antiporta, i Supplementi e le ‘Tables’.
Edizione originale. L'Encyclopedie è l'opera più importante pubblicata nel XVIII secolo, uno dei libri fondanti la storia delle idee nel mondo occidentale. PMM, 200: «A monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien régime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization [...] Each volume as it appeared caused a sensation throughout Europe. The court, the church, the judiciary were outraged; the number of subscribers, originally one thousand, rose to four thousand. In 1759, the seven volumes so far published were banned by the French Attorney-General and condemned by the Pope [...] Le Breton, however, carried on clandestinely and in 1765 completed the tenth volume, the last according to the prospectus. But a rising young publisher, Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, continued the work until 1780. By that time, at least seven pirated editions had been published in Geneva, Berne, Lausanne, Yverdum, Lucca and Leghorn». Adams, Bibliographie Diderot, G1; Brunet, 31851; Dibner, 85; DSB IV, 86-87; Grolier/Horblit, 25b; Norman, 637.
Condition Report: 35 volumes in folio, Binding in full period porphyry calfskin, spine with six nerves adorned with fleurons, Three volumes of the supplements, text and plate are in marbled calfskin and the two volumes with the 'Tables' are in 'pastiche' binding. Content: - 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates Paris, Le Breton, Briasson, David, Durand; Neuchâtel, Faulche. [From 1751 to 1772]; - 4 volumes of Text Supplement, 1 volume of Plates Supplement Rey, Amsterdam, and Panckoucke, Stoupe and Brunet, Paris. [1776-1777] - 2 volumes of plates by Abbé Mouchon, «Tables analytiques et raisonnée des matières contenues dans les 33 volumes in folio du dictionnaire des arts et des sciences» Paris chez Pankoucke, Amsterdam chez Marc Michel Rey, [1780]. Bindings with traces of wear, defects and lacking. Innerly some occasional brownings and little tears. Overall a nice complete set of this monumental work.
Complete Illustrated edition of 3129 plates including plates of the hermaphrodites in volume XII, complete of its folding tables in the text, as well as the large summary table of the Index folded several times. Complete work with all the plates, the Frontispiece, the Supplements and the 'Tables'.
First Edition. The Encyclopedie is the most important work published in the XVIIIth century, one of the books founding the history of ideas in the western world. PMM, 200: «A monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien régime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization [...] Each volume as it appeared caused a sensation throughout Europe. The court, the church, the judiciary were outraged; the number of subscribers, originally one thousand, rose to four thousand. In 1759, the seven volumes so far published were banned by the French Attorney-General and condemned by the Pope [...] Le Breton, however, carried on clandestinely and in 1765 completed the tenth volume, the last according to the prospectus. But a rising young publisher, Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, continued the work until 1780. By that time, at least seven pirated editions had been published in Geneva, Berne, Lausanne, Yverdum, Lucca and Leghorn». Adams, Bibliographie Diderot, G1; Brunet, 31851; Dibner, 85; DSB IV, 86-87; Grolier/Horblit, 25b; Norman, 637.
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