[Rarebooks] FS: 1779 Quarto Edition of Diderot, complete plate volumes

[Charles Agvent]

One of the many unusual items in our new Spring Internet Catalogue now 
posted on our website:  http://www.erols.com/agvent

[DIDEROT, Denis & D'ALEMBERT, Jean Le Rond]. RECUEIL DE PLANCHES,
POUR  LA  NOUVELLE EDITION DU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE DES SCIENCES,  DES
ARTS  ET  DES METIERS.... Neufchatel/Geneva: La Societe  Typographique
1779.  The  First  Edition  of the three plate volumes  of  the  First
Quarto  Edition (7-3/4" x 10") of this landmark work (There were  also
36  text  volumes  not present here.). Bound in  uniform  contemporary
diced  calf  with  elaborately gilt-decorated spines  and  contrasting
morocco  spine labels. Complete with a total of 448 copper engravings,
many  folding  and ten of which are maps, and various tables.  Of  the
first  edition published in 1751-1765, Carter and Muir in PRINTING AND
THE MIND OF MAN state: "A monument in the history of European thought;
the  acme  of the age of reason; a prime motive force  in  undermining
the  ancien regime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent
source  for  all  aspects of  eighteenth-century  civilizations"  (PMM
200). Insignificant wear. A Fine set with wonderful plates. $12,500.00

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