155 - DIDEROT (Denis) and D'ALEMBERT.
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000

Description

DIDEROT (Denis) and D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, or a reasoned dictionary of the sciences, arts and trades. Geneva, Pellet, 1777–1779. 39 quarto volumes, marbled calfskin, decorated spine, red edges (contemporary binding). First quarto edition of the Encyclopédie, published in Geneva, in which nearly six thousand typographical errors, as well as geographical and chronological errors, present in the original folio edition, have been corrected. This edition includes two portraits by Cochin, fold-out plates and three volumes of atlases containing 465 engraved plates. Minor damage and small losses to a few volumes; signs of wear to the bindings; slight variations in decoration; foxing. Brunet, II, 701 – Tchemerzine, II, 927.

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About the sale Fine antique books – A library in the Languedoc

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Auction time 10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM

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155 - DIDEROT (Denis) and D'ALEMBERT. See original version (French)

155 - DIDEROT (Denis) and D'ALEMBERT.
See original version (French)