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91 - [PANCKOUCKE] DEMEUNIER, Jean-Nicolas. Encyclopédie méthodiqu…
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[PANCKOUCKE] DEMEUNIER, Jean-Nicolas. Encyclopédie méthodique. Economics, Politics and Diplomacy. A fascinating encyclopaedia, compiled on the eve of the French Revolution, in 4 volumes with uniform contemporary bindings. Paris and Liège, Panckoucke and Plomteux, 1784–1788. 4 volumes in-4, each bound in brown half-calf, spine decorated with gilt fillets, red leather title label, marbled edges. 1 f.n.ch., VI and 760 pp.; 2 ff.n.ch. and 757 pp.; 2 ff.n.ch. and 787 pp.; 2 ff.n.ch. and 840 pp. One folding table of contents in the first volume. Bindings scuffed; caps worn at the top of volumes 1 and 2 with incipient cracks; tear on the half-title page of volume 1. Scattered small foxing spots. First edition of the Encyclopédie méthodique compiled by Panckoucke. Jean-Nicolas Démeunier (1751–1814), a politician and supporter of the Revolution, was one of the leading advocates of the American cause in France. He wrote the entry ‘America’ for the first volume of this edition with the advice of Thomas Jefferson, then ambassador to France and future third President of the United States. Launched by subscription by Charles-Joseph Panckoucke in 1782, the publication of the Encyclopédie Méthodique, based on that of Diderot and d’Alembert, spanned nearly half a century and was distinguished by a more efficient thematic classification, bringing together a total of 43 scientific dictionaries.
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