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1076 - METHODICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA, or arranged by subject, compiled by a society of men of letters.
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METHODICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA, or arranged by subject, compiled by a society of men of letters. Paris: Panckoucke and Agasse, 1782–1816. 316 volumes in-4°, most of them paperback, a few bound. “It is undoubtedly the most extensive collection ever produced by the French publishing industry, and we might even add that it is the most extensive in any country. This work is the result of a colossal effort undertaken by the finest scientists and scholars of the era... ” (Brunet II, 973). This nearly complete copy comprises 290 TEXT PARTS (out of 337) AND 26 VOLUMES OF ENGRAVINGS (OR 6,388 PLATES (out of 6,439), including numerous duplicate maps. - TEXTS: Fine Arts (7) - Arts and Crafts (28) - Forests and Woods, Plant Physiology (5) - Botany, Lamarck (10) - Political Economy (8) - Commerce (5) - Military Science (8) - Architecture (5) - Artillery (2) - Mammalogy (2) - Anatomical System of Animals (3) - Modern Geography (16) - Ancient Geography (6) - Physical Geography (7) - History (10) - Surgery (9) - Jurisprudence (21) - Chemistry (9) - Academic Arts (4) - Insects (7) - Theology (5) - Natural History (10) - Agriculture (13) - Entertainment (Fortes mouillures, 2) - Ichthyology (1) - The Three Kingdoms of Nature (1) - Logic (8) - Grammar (6) - Antiquities (10) - Agricultural Arts (2) - Manufactures and Arts (3) - National Assembly (1) - Medicine (18) - Birds (5) - Ana (1) - Finance (4) - Music (3) - Philosophy (6) - Physics (6) - Navigation (6) - Mathematics (5) - Hunting (1) - Fishing (1). - ILLUSTRATIONS: Natural History (1,746) - Surgery (221) - Fine Arts (115) - Antiquities (410) - Arts and Crafts (2,461) - Fishing (124) - Agriculture (54) - Botany (1,000) - Hunting (33) - Scientific Curiosities (85) - Geography (139). As is, several volumes have defects.
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