Paris: Braisson, David, Le Breton, Durand, c. 1751. Binding: loose, Notes: The portion of the encyclopedia containing information on leather and metalwork for horses. Lacking plates 1-13 for leather section, and 1 and 2 for metal work. Contains 24 copper plates and their listings, as well as listings for Hungarian.....
Paris: Braisson, David, Le Breton, Durand, c. 1751. Binding: Loose, Notes: The portion of the encyclopedia containing information on ships and anchorage. Contains 27 plates, some folding, as well as their listings. Lacking 1-5, 12-16, and 23-25 for the first marine section, Diderot’s Encyclopédie is an important and influential document.....
Paris: Braisson, David, Le Breton, Durand, c. 1751. Notes: The portion of the encyclopedia containing information on carpentry of buildings. Contains 23 plates (several of them multi-part). Lacking 1, 2 (no.1), 7, 25-38, and part of the listing. Diderot’s Encyclopédie is an important and influential document of the Enlightenment. It.....
Paris: Braisson, David, Le Breton, Durand, c. 1751. Binding: Loose. , Notes: The portion of the encyclopedia containing information on carpentry of carriages and wheels. Contains 39 plates, missing plate 1 from the wheelwright section. Diderot’s Encyclopédie is an important and influential document of the Enlightenment. It was innovative in.....
Braisson, David, Le Breton, Durand, c. 1751. Notes: The portion of the encyclopedia containing information on furniture. Contains 19 plates, some folding, as well as their listings. Diderot’s Encyclopedie is an important and influential document of the Enlightenment. It was innovative in several respects. Among other things, it was the.....
C.1760. Binding: Loose, Notes: The French Encyclopedia (1751-1771) edited by Denis Diderot is perhaps the most famous because it contained entries on a variety of topics by well known writers like Voltaire, Montesquieu, and D’Alembert. It voiced the advance opinions of the time in Philosophy, Politics, and Religion (A Birthday.....