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Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers

Print Book, French, 1751-1765
Encyclopedia
17 volumes : illustrations (engravings) ; 40 cm (folio)
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V.1. A
v.2. B-Cez
v.3. Cf-Cmy
v.4. Cons-Diz
v.5. Do-Esy
v.6. Et-Fn
v.7. Fo-Gy
v.8. H-It
v.9 Iv-Mam
v.10. Mam-My
v.11. N-Pari
v.12. Pari-Pol
v.13. Pom-Regg
v.14. Reggi-Sem
v.15. Sen-Tch
v.16. Te-Venerie
v.17. Venerien-Z
The Paris folio edition (1751-1772) consisted of 17 volumes of text, issued from 1751 to 1765; the last ten volumes (volumes 8-17), appeared simultaneously under the false imprint of Neuchâtel in 1765). Also included were 11 volumes of plates issued from 1762 to 1772. The Supplément, comprising 4 folio volumes of text and one of plates, published in Paris and Amsterdam in 1776 and 1777, and the 2-volume Table analytique of 1780 had no formal connection with the original Encyclopé́́́die, and involved a new group of contributors and publishers; see Robert Darnton, The business of Enlightenment: a publishing history of the Encyclopé́́́die 1775-1800 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press, 1979), page 33
Supplemented by: "Supplément à l'Encyclopedie ... Mise en ordre et publié par m. ***" (4 v. fold. tables. 40 cm.) published: Amsterdam, M.M. Rey, 1776-1777. Call number: AE25.E53 Suppl
Supplemented by: "Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts mechaniques, avec leur explanation" (11 v. plates (part fold.) 40 cm.) published: Paris, Braisson [etc.] 1762-1772. Vol. 10 contains the frontispiece to the Encyclopédie. Call number: AE25.E53 Plates
Supplemented by: "Suite du Recueil de planches ..." (3 p. ℓ., 22 p. plates (part double; incl. music) fold. maps, plans (part double) diagrs. 40 cm.) published: Paris, Panckoucke; [etc., etc.] 1777. Call number: AE25.E53 Plates Suppl
Supplemented by: "Table analytique et raisonnée des matieres contenues dans les xxxiii volumes in-folio du Dictionnaire des sciences, des arts et des métiers et dans son supplément" (2 v. fold. pl. 40 cm.) published: Paris, Panckoucke; [etc., etc.] 1780. By Pierre Mouchon. Call number: AE25.E53 Table
Vols. 8-17 have title: Encyclopédie ... mis en ordre par mr.*** ... Neufchastel, S. Faulche & compagnie, 1765
Vols. 5-7 include errata for preceding vols. at end