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DIDEROT, DENIS and JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encylopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une societé de gens de lettres. Paris, Neuchâtel and Amsterdam 1751-1780 [comprising Texte : 17 vols. Paris and Neuchâtel 1751-65; Planches : 12 vols. (i.e. 11 vols. + Suite de Planches Paris 1762-77 (-- Suite : Paris and Amsterdam 1777); Supplément : 5 vols. Amsterdam and Paris & Amsterdam 1776-77; Table : 2 vols. Paris and Amsterdam 1780]. 35 vols., folio, 388 x 252mm. (15 1/4 x 9 7/8in.), contemporary mottled calf gilt, g.e., worn, some spine labels renewed, general frontispiece detached and with marginal tape stains which also affect title, Planches vol. III "Chirurgie" lacks plate XI and with a duplicate plate XIII bound in its place, Planches vol. VI dampstained, other occasional slight stains throughout and a very few minor tears. FIRST EDITION (i.e. Lough I "Paris--'Neuchâtel' folio edition"), engraved general frontispiece by Prevost after Cochin, 2, 788 engraved plates by Benard (2573 in Planches , 215 in Suite de Planches ). John Lough, Essays on the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert (London 1968), pp. 2-15. Sold not subject to return. "A monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason..."-- Printing and the Mind of Man 200. "The greatest encyclopeida of science, which had widespread effect in establishing uniformity of terminology, concept, and procedure in all fields of science and technology"--Grolier/Horblit 25b. Provenance : Harrison D. Horblit. (35)