1694 - Diderot, D., and J. d'Alembert.

Diderot, D., and J. d'Alembert. Encyclopédie, or Reasoned Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Trades... 36 text vols. and 3 plate vols., 39 vols. in total. Lausanne and Bern, Sociétés typographiques, 1781 and later. Large 8°. With engraved frontispiece and 427 (of 445) copper plates or maps, some folded. copperplate engravings or maps. Contemporary half-leather binding with gilt lettering (worn and rubbed, some pages slightly stained). See Graesse II, p. 389. Lough, p. 40. — The Swiss octavo edition of Diderot’s comprehensive encyclopedia contains, among other things, illustrations on the subjects of mathematics, music, the military and navy, medicine, anatomy, architecture, chemistry, astronomy, etc. - Plate vol. 1 with 140 plates, vol. 2 with 163 plates, vol. 3 with 124 plates. - Browned and stained in places, some with slight water stains along the edges; 1 plate has a large tear (anatomy; with loss of image); some plates are creased.