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BOISSINOT & TAILLIEZ BERGERAC

37 - DIDEROT (Denis) & Jean Le Rond d’ALEMBERT.
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Estimate €250 - €350
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DIDEROT (Denis) & Jean Le Rond d’ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, or A Reasoned Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts and Crafts. 13 folio volumes, bound in full reversed leather, ribbed spine decorated with the Ruolz coat of arms between the ribs, gilt fillet framing the edges and gilt fleurs-de-lis at the corners of the covers, gilt Ruolz–Montchal coats of arms at the centres, red edges. Volumes 2 to 5, 7: Paris, Briasson, …, 1751–1757 (spine of volume 2 damaged, water-stains); Volumes 8, 9, 11, 12, 15: Neufchastel, Samuel Faulche, 1765 (spine of vol. 9 sun-faded, marginal water stains on the first and last folios Vol. 11: top cap and one side cap damaged, as well as water stains on the last leaves; Vol. 12: spine sun-faded and title page and title missing; Vol. 15); Supplement Vol. 1, 2 and 4: Amsterdam, Rey, 1776–1777 (brown marginal water stain on the last leaves of Vol. 4). ONE BOOK RETURNED ON 21/11/25 🚩
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About the sale ANTIQUARIAN AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 09/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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