DIDEROT (Denis) and Jean d'ALEMBERT. *Encyclopédie, or Reaso - Lot 15

DIDEROT (Denis) and Jean d'ALEMBERT. *Encyclopédie, or Reasoned Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Trades*… New edition. Geneva, Jean-Léonard Pellet, 1777–1779 (and Neuchâtel, by the Typographical Society, for vol. XXX).— Collection of plates for the new edition of the Reasoned Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Trades, with their explanations. Geneva, Jean-Léonard Pellet, 1778–1779.— Analytical and Reasoned Table… Lyon, Amable Le Roy, 1780–1781. 36 + 3 + 6 in-4 volumes, 18 x 26 cm, contemporary binding in marbled fawn calfskin, spines decorated with gilt motifs. First in-4 edition of Diderot and d’Alembert’s *Encyclopédie*. Illustrated with a portrait of Diderot and a portrait of d’Alembert, engraved by Cathelin after Cochin, and 442 plates, some of which are folded. The bindings of the three series differ slightly. Bindings are scuffed, with significant losses to several cap bands. Sold as is. No returns accepted. Appraisers: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE