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DIDEROT - D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers.

1770-1780
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DIDEROT - D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers.
1770-1780

 
DIDEROT, Denis - ALEMBERT, Jean le Rond d'. Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers Par une société de Gens de Lettres.
Paris, Briasson, David l'aîné, Le Breton & Durand (vol. I-VII) 1751-1757; Neufchâtel, S. Faulche & compagnie (VIII-XVII) 1765

35 Volumi in-folio. 390x250 mm. Legatura coeva in piena pelle marezzata, dorsi con ricche impressioni in oro, titoli e numero di volume su tassello, fogli di guardia marmorizzati, tagli rossi. 

Comprende:
17 volumi di Testo. Paris, Briasson, David l'aîné, Le Breton & Durand (vol. I-VII) 1751-1757; Neufchâtel, S. Faulche & compagnie (VIII-XVII) 1765

11 volumi di Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les art libraux, et les arts mechaniques, avec leur explication. [I-XI]. Paris, Briasson, David l'aîné, Le Breton & Durand, 1762-1777

1 volume con il Supplemento delle tavole: Suite du Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les art libraux, et les arts mechaniques, avec leur explication. Paris: Panckoucke, Stoupe, Brunet; Amsterdam: M.M. Rey, 1777

4 volumi di Supplemento con il testo: Supplement l’Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers Par une société de Gens de Lettres.
Amsterdam, M.M. Rey e Paris: Panckoucke, Stoupe et Brunet, [1776-1777]

2 volumi con le Tables dell’abbé Mouchon: Tables analytiques et raisonnée des matières contenues dans les 33 volumes in folio du dictionnaire des arts et des sciences.
Amsterdam, chez Marc Michel Rey, 1780

Esemplare con l’Antiporta allegorica, tratta da Cochin (1764) e incisa da Prevost (1776; originale 1772), e delle 3 tavole "Hermaphrodites", tutte spesso mancanti. Con 7 tavole ripiegate, tra cui "Systeme figuré des connoissances humaines" nel vol. I del testo. Arricchito con 4 ritratti di Henriquez (in Antiporta dei vol. II-V: Diderot, D'Alembert, Voltaire, Montesquieu) e 1 tavola di geografia non presente nell’Indice delle Tavole (vol. V delle Planches). 
In totale, contando le tavole doppie, triple, ecc. come multipli, l'opera è composta da 3128 tavole, comprese le tavole degli ermafroditi nel volume XII, le tavole ripiegate nel testo, così come la grande tavola riassuntiva dell'Indice più volte ripiegata.
Manca solo la tavola XXI di Anatomia nel vol. I di ‘Planches’ (“La verge vûe de différentes manieres”).

Splendida edizione in legatura coeva uniforme.
L'Encyclopedie è l'opera più importante pubblicata nel XVIII secolo, uno dei libri fondanti la storia delle idee nel mondo occidentale. PMM, 200: «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 [...] Each volume as it appeared caused a sensation throughout Europe. The court, the church, the judiciary were outraged; the number of subscribers, originally one thousand, rose to four thousand. In 1759, the seven volumes so far published were banned by the French Attorney-General and condemned by the Pope [...] Le Breton, however, carried on clandestinely and in 1765 completed the tenth volume, the last according to the prospectus. But a rising young publisher, Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, continued the work until 1780. By that time, at least seven pirated editions had been published in Geneva, Berne, Lausanne, Yverdum, Lucca and Leghorn». 
Adams, Bibliographie Diderot, G1; Brunet, 31851; Dibner, 85; DSB IV, 86-87; Grolier/Horblit, 25b; Norman, 637; Lough 15-21 & 52-110. Darnton 34.

Condition Report

DIDEROT, Denis - ALEMBERT, Jean le Rond d'. Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers Par une société de Gens de Lettres.
Paris, Briasson, David l'aîné, Le Breton & Durand (vol. I-VII) 1751-1757; Neufchâtel, S. Faulche & compagnie (VIII-XVII) 1765

35 in-folio volumes. 390x250 mm. Contemporary binding in full marbled leather, spines with rich gilt blind tooled, titles and volume number on labels, marbled endpapers, red edges. 

Includes:

17 Text volumes: Paris, Briasson, David l'aîné, Le Breton & Durand (vol. I-VII) 1751-1757; Neufchâtel, S. Faulche & compagnie (VIII-XVII) 1765

11 volumes of Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les art libraux, et les arts mechaniques, avec leur explication. [I-XI]. Paris, Briasson, David l'aîné, Le Breton & Durand, 1762-1777

1 volume with the Plates Supplement: Suite du Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les art libraux, et les arts mechaniques, avec leur explication. Paris: Panckoucke, Stoupe, Brunet; Amsterdam: M.M. Rey, 1777

4 volumes of Text Supplement: Supplement l’Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers Par une société de Gens de Lettres.
Amsterdam, M.M. Rey e Paris: Panckoucke, Stoupe et Brunet, [1776-1777]

2 volumes with Tables dell’abbé Mouchon: Tables analytiques et raisonnée des matières contenues dans les 33 volumes in folio du dictionnaire des arts et des sciences.
Amsterdam, chez Marc Michel Rey, 1780

Specimen with the allegorical frontispiece, taken from Cochin (1764) and engraved by Prevost (1776; original 1772), and the 3 “Hermaphrodites” plates, all often missing. With 7 folded plates, including “Systeme figuré des connoissances humaines” in vol. I of the text. Enriched with 4 portraits by Henriquez (in the frontispiece of vols. II-V: Diderot, D'Alembert, Voltaire, Montesquieu) and 1 geographic map not present in the Index of Tables (vol. V of the Planches). 
In total, counting the double, triple, etc. plates as multiples, the work consists of 3128 plates, including the plates of hermaphrodites in volume XII, the folded plates in the text, as well as the large, folded plate of Contents.
Only Plate XXI of Anatomy is missing in vol. I of “Planches” (“La verge vûe de différentes manieres”).

Splendid edition in uniform contemporary binding.
The Encyclopedie is the most important work published in the XVIIIth century, one of the books founding the history of ideas in the western world.
PMM, 200: «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 [...] Each volume as it appeared caused a sensation throughout Europe. The court, the church, the judiciary were outraged; the number of subscribers, originally one thousand, rose to four thousand. In 1759, the seven volumes so far published were banned by the French Attorney-General and condemned by the Pope [...] Le Breton, however, carried on clandestinely and in 1765 completed the tenth volume, the last according to the prospectus. But a rising young publisher, Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, continued the work until 1780. By that time, at least seven pirated editions had been published in Geneva, Berne, Lausanne, Yverdum, Lucca and Leghorn».

Bibliografia

Adams, Bibliographie Diderot, G1; Brunet, 31851; Dibner, 85; DSB IV, 86-87; Grolier/Horblit, 25b; Norman, 637; Lough 15-21 & 52-110. Darnton 34.
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