Lot Essay
The subjects of the plates include mammals, birds, butterflies, a folding view of the Giant's Causeway and a sequence showing the eruption of Vesuvius in 1757 (see illustration).
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DIDEROT, Denis & Jean le Rond d' ALEMBERT. [Encyclopédie] Recueil de Planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication, Paris: chez Briasson, David & Le Breton, 1768, 2°, volume 6 (only), 271 engraved plates, 2 folding and 25 double-page (4 plates with minor wormholing, a few lightly browned or with waterstaining), contemporary vellum (lightly rubbed).