[ENCYCLOPEDIA]. DIDEROT D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers [...]. À Genève, Pellet, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1777-1779 (39 vol. [including three with plates]), Tables analytique raaisonnée des matieres contenues dans les XXXIX volumes [...],A Lyon, Chez Amable Le Roy, Libraire, 1780-1781 (6 vol.). Together 45 volumes in-4°, calf, ornate ribbed spine, title-pieces (period binding).Third, or "New Edition" comprising three volumes of plates. Two portraits after COCHIN, a frontispiece for "Chirurgie" (volume II of plates), and 442 engraved plates (out of 443) [including 113 doubles, two triples and ten maps]. Seven or eight covers damaged. A good copy accompanied by its RARE TABLE VOLUMES. Expert : Emmanuel de BROGLIE, Cabinet REVEL

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