[Rarebooks] FS: Excellent Plate Volumes from Diderot's Landmark Dictionary of the Sciences with 448 Engravings, 1779

[Charles 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. First 
Edition. 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 leather with elaborately gilt-decorated spines and contrasting 
morocco spine labels. Complete with a total of 448 copper 
engravings--nearly a third of them double page or folding and including 
10 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 ancient 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.

"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 25b). (#013960)    
     $12,500.00

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