20 (of 36) text volumes. Portrait frontispieces present in Volumes 1 & 2; several folding tables. Plate volumes not present. (4to) 25.5x19.5 cm. (10x7¾"), period full calf. Nouvelle Edition.
Comprising Volumes 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 33, 34, & 35. Diderot’s Encyclopedia is the most important publishing venture of the Enlightenment. “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 civilization” (PMM). Diderot and D’Alembert wrote the majority of the approximately 72,000 entries. Other contributors include Buffon, Condorcet, Montesquieu, Necker, Rousseau and Voltaire. Printing and the Mind of Man 200.
Condition:
Bindings worn, some heavily so, a few with dampstaining or insect damage; overall good to very good, offered as is.