![DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784) and Jean D’ALEMBERT (1717-1783), editors. Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris: Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand, 1751 [1752]-1757 [Vols I-VII] and Neuchâtel [i.e. Paris]l: S. Faulche & Compagnie, 1765 [vols VIII-XVII]. 17 volumes. — Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques. Paris: Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand, 1762-1772. 12 volumes [I-XII; vol. VII uniformly bound, but 'Seconde edition', Lucca: Vincent Giuntini, 1772] — Supplément à l'Encyclopédie. Edited by Jean Baptiste René Robinet. Amsterdam: M.M. Rey, 1776-1777. 4 volumes [I-IV] — Table analytique et raisonné des matieres contenues. Edited by Pierre Mouchon. Paris: Panckoucke & Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1780. 2 volumes [I-II].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_16018_0315_000(diderot_denis_and_jean_dalembert_editors_encyclopedie_ou_dictionnaire103058).jpg?w=1)
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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. Paris: Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand, 1751 [1752]-1757 [Vols I-VII] and Neuchâtel [i.e. Paris]l: S. Faulche & Compagnie, 1765 [vols VIII-XVII]. 17 volumes. — Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques. Paris: Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand, 1762-1772. 12 volumes [I-XII; vol. VII uniformly bound, but 'Seconde edition', Lucca: Vincent Giuntini, 1772] — Supplément à l'Encyclopédie. Edited by Jean Baptiste René Robinet. Amsterdam: M.M. Rey, 1776-1777. 4 volumes [I-IV] — Table analytique et raisonné des matieres contenues. Edited by Pierre Mouchon. Paris: Panckoucke & Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1780. 2 volumes [I-II].
First edition, one of the most splendid products of the Enlightenment, and one of the great landmarks of western intellectual history in a contemporary binding. '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' (PMM). 'The greatest encyclopedia of science, which had widespread effect in establishing uniformity of terminology, concept, and procedure in all fields of science and technology' (Grolier/Horblit). The majority of entries were written by Diderot and D'Alembert; other collaborators included Baron d'Holbach, Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Buffon, Marmontel, Condorcet, Necker and Turgot. The first seven volumes of the Encyclopédie were published in Paris under a royal privilege; when this was withdrawn in 1759 printing continued clandestinely, and the last ten volumes were issued under the false imprint of Samuel Faulche, Neuchâtel. Grolier/Horblit 25b; John Lough, Essays on the Encyclopédie (London 1968); PMM 200; Schwab, Rex, and Lough, Inventory of Diderot's Encyclopédie, I (1971), VII (1984) [Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century 80, 223].
35 volumes, folio (394 x 252mm). Uniform contemporary French mottled half calf, gilt spines with green and red morocco labels, red edges (extremities a little rubbed). Provenance: Léon Muller (bookplates).
Collation, contents and condition report available on request from the department.
First edition, one of the most splendid products of the Enlightenment, and one of the great landmarks of western intellectual history in a contemporary binding. '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' (PMM). 'The greatest encyclopedia of science, which had widespread effect in establishing uniformity of terminology, concept, and procedure in all fields of science and technology' (Grolier/Horblit). The majority of entries were written by Diderot and D'Alembert; other collaborators included Baron d'Holbach, Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Buffon, Marmontel, Condorcet, Necker and Turgot. The first seven volumes of the Encyclopédie were published in Paris under a royal privilege; when this was withdrawn in 1759 printing continued clandestinely, and the last ten volumes were issued under the false imprint of Samuel Faulche, Neuchâtel. Grolier/Horblit 25b; John Lough, Essays on the Encyclopédie (London 1968); PMM 200; Schwab, Rex, and Lough, Inventory of Diderot's Encyclopédie, I (1971), VII (1984) [Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century 80, 223].
35 volumes, folio (394 x 252mm). Uniform contemporary French mottled half calf, gilt spines with green and red morocco labels, red edges (extremities a little rubbed). Provenance: Léon Muller (bookplates).
Collation, contents and condition report available on request from the department.
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