Diderot. Recueil de Planches, 3 volumes, 1779-81

Diderot (Denis, and D'Alembert, Jean). Recueil de planches, pour la nouvelle edition du dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, avec leur explication, volumes 1-3, Lausanne/Bern: Chez les Societes Typographiques, 1779-81, 423 engraved plates (many folding), mathematical tables to rear of volume 3, spotting, some marginal damp-staining, a few plates with marginal loss (not affecting text/image), a couple of plates loosely tipped-in, hinges cracked, sewing exposed, contemporary speckled sheep, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, joints cracked, lower compartment of volume 3 backstrip missing, lower 2 compartments of volume 2 loose, head and tail caps lacking, boards and extremities worn, title labels two volume 2 & 3 lacking, 8vo

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Due to erratic pagination sold as a collection of plates.

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