Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers

Title : Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers
Author : D. Diderot, M. D’Alembert
Date : 1777 – 1778
Dimensions : 26,0 x 21,0 cm

This is the Geneva Quarto Edition of the Diderot d’Alembert encyclopedia, with all 36 text volumes in beautiful leather spines, embossed in 3 parts, and orange and brown cardboard. Some volumes are slightly rubbed but the overall condition is very good. One book has the orange spine label torn.

The encyclopedia is not only well known for its many authors – among which Voltaire, Rousseau and Montesquieu, but for its controversial history.

Some restorations are done over 10 of the affected volumes.

The two plates of the authors were made by Charles-Nicholas Cochin (1715-1790).

Two volumes – - missing the both title pages

This is a very important and rare edition. On international shops it is selling with over 18 000 euro. The first edition of this encyclopedia can be found at over 80 000 euro.
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Tome seizieme –missing the second title page
Tome vingtieme – the two title pages are switched.

Tome XXIV – has a missing ending. The volume is ending with PAU, the next volume is starting with PLA.

Tome trentieme – the last leaf has missing text as displayed in the picture.
Tome XXXV – has a corroded lower corner over several pages, but the text is not affected.

Tome trente-sixieme – last volume, has a major stain over the first few pages.

More about the authors on wikipedia

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