Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers,
Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
Category
Books
Date
1751 - 1780
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3123899
Summary
Bibliographic description
35v. . ill.. . fol... Incomplete: contains the 17v. of main sequence plus the first 6v. of plates [i.e. last volume is 1768, the year Mary Hervey died]. Provenance: Eighteenth-century manuscript inscription: "M: Hervey"; Armorial bookplate: Mary Lady Hervey [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf binding; red and black spine labels gilt lettered: "Encyclopedie" or "Planches".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Denis Diderot (1713-1784) Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717 - 1783)