[ENCYCLOPEDIA]. DIDEROT (Denis) ALEMBERT (Jean le Rond d'). - Lot 4

[ENCYCLOPEDIA]. DIDEROT (Denis) ALEMBERT (Jean le Rond d'). Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers [...]. A Paris, Neufchastel Amsterdam, 1751-1780. 33 volumes in-folio (out of 35), calf with ornate ribbed spine (period binding). - Text: A Paris, Chez Briasson, David, Le Breton Durand, 1751- 1757 (volumes I to VII), and A Neufchastel, Chez Samuel Faulche, 1765 (volumes VIII to XIV and XVI to XVII) [16 vol. (of 17)]. - Planches:A Paris,Chez Briasson,David,Le Breton Durand,1762- 1772 (10 vols. out of 11). - Supplément:AAmsterdam,Chez M.M.Rey,1776-1777 (5 vols. of text and one volume of plates (tomé "Planche XI").A Paris, Chez Panckoucke, Stoupe et Brunet et A Amsterdam, Chez M. M. Rey, 1777. Together 5 volumes. - Tables: Paris, Panckoucke, and Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1780 (2 vols.). 2,562 engraved plates (of 2,795-233 plates in vol. II), corresponding to 2,899 plates according to the publishers' count (of 3,132). Copy enlarged by the frontispiece by COCHIN, the folded "Tableau du système figuré des connoissances humaines" (t. I), and the large folded genealogical tree "Essai d'une Distribution généalogique des Sciences et des Arts Principaux [...]" (Weimar, 1769, "Table" t. II). ORIGINAL EDITION of this collective work edited by DIDEROT and d'ALEMBERT, bringing together texts by GRIMM, HOLBACH, ROUSSEAU,TURGOT and providing a wealth of information on technical, scientific and industrial fields, mixed with the presentation of philosophical principles that, in 1752 and 1759, twice condemned this work, which could only be completed thanks to the protection of Guillaume de LAMOIGNON de MALESHERBES and Marc Pierre de VOYER d'ARGENSON, Secretary of State for War from 1743 to 1757, to whom the work is dedicated. Briasson, David, Le Breton and Durand printed the text of this gigantic publishing venture, first in Paris between 1751 and 1757, then in Neuchâtel in 1765, under the false address of Faulche. The eleven volumes of plates were published in Paris by Libraires Associés between 1762 and 1772. Volumes XV of the "Texte" and II of the "Planches" (233 plates) are lacking. The coats of arms on the leather inserts at the feet of the last text, plate and table volumes have been scratched off. Plate V of "Plumbing" in Volume VII is duplicated. Several plates are not bound in their own section, but in the following one. the following: "Fer blanc" (3 plates, vol. V), "Teinture des Gobelins" (11 plates, vol. IX), "Machines de théatre" (9 plates [XIV to XXII], vol. X), "Pipes a fumer le tabac" followed by five of "Porcelaine" (5 plates, vol. XII) and "Tailleur d'habits" (4 + 5 + 1 plates, vol. XII). A few damaged headpieces, corners and spines (including one heavily damaged, with lack, t.VI of the plates), some spotting, notably on the first cover of vol. II; a few plates russeted; significant rodent work in the margin of the foot corner of ff. 248 to 750 of vol. I.