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15 - DIDEROT (Denis) and Jean d’ALEMBERT.
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,200
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DIDEROT (Denis) and Jean d’ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, or A Rational Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts and Trades… New edition. Geneva, Jean-Léonard Pellet, 1777–1779 (and Neuchâtel, by the Typographical Society, for vol. XXX).— Collection of plates for the new edition of the Reasoned Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts and Trades, with their explanations. Geneva, Jean-Léonard Pellet, 1778–1779.— Analytical and Reasoned Table… Lyon, Amable Le Roy, 1780–1781. 36 + 3 + 6 volumes in-4, 18 × 26 cm, contemporary binding in marbled fawn calfskin, spines decorated with gilt motifs. First in-4 edition of Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie. Illustrated with a portrait of Diderot and a portrait of d’Alembert, engraved by Cathelin after Cochin, and 442 plates, some of which are folded. The bindings of the three series differ slightly. Bindings are scuffed, with significant losses to several headbands. Sold as is. No right of return. - Experts: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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About the sale Antique and modern books, manuscripts
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Auction time 10/21/2026 at 1:30 PM
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