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Diderot, D and J d'Alembert (eds)Biblio.com

Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raissoné des sciences des arts et des métiers par une société de gens de lettres. Mis en ordre et publié par M. Recueil des planches sur les sciences et les arts méchaniques. Avec leur explication. Histoire naturelle. Regnes animal végétal et minéral. Herpetology and mammals.

réf. 77105Paris Briasson etc. 1768. Folio 40.2 x 26.3 cm. Half-title to the plates drophead title to the Histoire naturelle; 13 pp.; 29 engraved plates. Contemporary marbled wrappers. = This is a complete copy of the separate comprehensive folio atlas of the mammals and herpetology part of the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences des arts et des métiers a massive work edited and partly written by Diderot d'Alembert and Voltaire being the first true encyclopaedia epitomizing the age of Enlightenment. Published between 1751 to 1772 it synthesized the knowledge of the time. The Encyclopédie became not only a source of knowledge but also a political weapon on the a battle ground for power between secular and ecclesiastical thinkers and writers. This section was written and illustrated by the French naturalist and engraver François Nicolas Martinet 1731-1800 or 1804. The year of Martinet's death in uncertain. The plate section comprises five herpetological plates; all others show mammals including e.g. whales. The text contains a description of all 29 plates and a comparative table linking the illustrations of the first 24 plates of this atlas to the same - or similar - illustrations earlier published irregularly on scattered other plates. The last five plates i.e. the complete herpetology show new illustrations. Spine a bit cocked; general title with a few creases in the right top and at the bottom of the front wrapper plus first few pages; otherwise a very good clean unmarked copy. Nissen ZBI 4622; PMM 200. D'Alembert Diderot and Martinet not yet in Adler Contributions to the History of Herpetology. unknown

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DIDEROT, Denis; D'ALEMBERT, Jean Le RondBiblio.com

Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers par une Societé de Gens de Lettres. Nouveau dictionnaire pour servir de supplement aux dictionnaires des sciences. Recueil de planches sur les sciences. Table. des matieres. du dictionnaire des sciences des arts et des metiers et dans son supplement.

réf. 121993Paris Chez Briasson David Le Breton Durand Paris; Chez M.M. Rey Amsterdam; Chez Pancoucke Paris & Chez M.M. Rey Amsterdam 1751-1765; 1776-1777; 1776-1780. . 35 volumes including Supplements and Index; folio; engraved allegorical frontispiece after Cochin fils by Prevost engraved plates; contemporary mottled calf some restoration to spines a very attractive set. The first edition of Diderot's crowning achievement. The finest most extensive and famous encyclopaedic work on the sciences arts and professions of the 18th century and arguably the most influential piece of French literature the Encyclopedie originated with the publisher's suggestion for a translation of Chambers Cyclopaedia into French. Diderot 1713-84 however persuaded him to undertake a new work along the same lines but greatly extended in size and scope which would employ all the active writers of its time all the new ideas and all the new knowledge circulating in the cultured class in France but needed further dispersal in order to be effective. The importance of this work is to be found in the contributions of over 200 philosophers writers scientists and jurists of the era of Enlightenment like Voltaire Montesquieu Rousseau Buffon Marmontel Necker Condorcet Turgot and others. The greater part of the 71818 entries however was written by the editors Diderot and d'Alembert 1717-1783 followed by Baron Holbach who contributed about 400 articles. Moreover the Encyclopedie is famous for its fine and accurate engravings. 'The purpose of an encyclopaedia is to assemble the knowledge scattered over the surface of the earth; to explain its general plan to the men with whom we live and to transmit it to the men who come after us; in order that the labours of centuries past may not be in vain during centuries to come; that our descendants by becoming better instructed may as a consequence be more virtuous and happier and that we may not die without having deserved well of the human race' Diderot quoted from the article on encyclopaedias in the present work. The Encyclopedie takes for granted the justice of religious tolerance and speculative freedom and asserts the democratic doctrine that the main concern of the nation's government should be the lot of the common people. It is also an exaltation of scientific knowledge on one hand and peaceful industry on the other. In 1759 the Encyclopedie was formally suppressed but work went on although D'Alembert withdrew leaving Diderot to work alone. Since it had a very large number of contributors there was no narrowly sectarian viewpoint although there was a convergence of aim. As an anthology of enlightened opinions on politics philosophy and religion the Encyclopedie is one of the most important works of modern thought. It is also remains a landmark in the history of massive publishing projects. The full set comprises 35 volumes published over almost 30 years. The first seven volumes with articles by Voltaire Rousseau Montesquieu and many other figureheads of the Enlightenment were published in Paris under a royal privilege which was however withdrawn in 1759 after which the project was closed down. With the help of Madam de Pompadour among others the remaining volumes were printed secretly with a fictitious imprint. The plate volumes have a different history since they were not considered subversive; they were were published in Paris between 1762-72. A full description is available upon request. PMM 200; Palgrave I 577; Brunet II 700. Paris, Chez Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand, Paris; Chez M.M. Rey, Amsterdam; Chez Pancoucke, Paris & Chez M.M. Rey, Amsterda unknown

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DIDEROT, Denis; Jean Le Rond D'AlembertBiblio.com

Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers .

réf. 88723Briasson D. Le Breton Durand & Neuchatel Faulche Paris and MM Rey Amsterdam 1751-80. . 35 vols folio. Half-titles except in text vols 8-17 woodcut device on title-pages some woodcut initials head- and tailpieces 7 folding letterpress tables a few woodcut illustrations engraved frontispiece in volume 1 2796 engraved plates including some double-page or folding. Full contemporary calf. First edition of the finest most extensive and famous encyclopedic work on the sciences arts and professions of the 18th century a revolutionary monument in the history of European thought. The importance of the frequently republished but never surpassed first edition is to be found in the contributions of over 200 philosophers writers scientists and jurists of the era of Enlightenment like Voltaire Montesquieu Rousseau Buffon Marmontel Necker Condorcet Turgot and others. The greater part of the 71818 entries however was written by the editors Diderot 1713-84 and d'Alembert 1717-83 followed by Baron Holbach who contributed about 400 articles. Moreover the encyclopaedia is famous for its fine and accurate engravings and is still a primary source for the study of 18th century civilisation. It contains according to the number of plates given on the title-pages 3129 plates because double triple or quadruple folding plates are counted as 2 3 or 4 adding up to the amount of 2796 plates as in our copy. The first seven volumes with articles by Voltaire Rousseau Montesquieu and many other figureheads of the Enlightenment were published at Paris under a royal privilege which was however withdrawn in 1759 after which the project was closed down. The remaining volumes were printed secretly with a fictitious imprint. The plate-vols. have a different history since they were not considered being subversive; they were published in Paris between 1762-1772. The supplement volumes were published in one edition only but in two issues one with a Paris imprint the other with an Amst. imprint edited by Jean Baptiste Rene Robinet 1735-1820. The supplementary volume of plates has the imprint 'Amst. and Paris'. The two-vol. index was published in 1780 and edited by Pierre Mouchon 1733-1797. Briasson, D. Le Breton, Durand, & Neuchatel, Faulche, Paris and MM Rey, Amsterdam, 1751-80. unknown

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