Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers,
Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
Category
Books
Date
1751 - 1772
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3193454
Summary
Bibliographic description
35 v. : ill. ; fol. Imperfect: lacks 4v Supplement, additional v. of plates, and 2v 'Table analytique'. Provenance: eighteenth-century sepia armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]. Binding: eighteenth-century tree calf; gilt tooled spine; gilt lettered and numbered red and green spine labels.
Makers and roles
Denis Diderot (1713-1784) Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717 - 1783)