Recueil de Planches sur les Sciences les Arts Liberaux et les Arts Mechaniques avec Leur Explication (12 Volumes in Six)

Diderot, Denis and Jean le Rond d'Alembert

Hardcover. Paris, Cercle du Livre Precieux, reprint, 1964-1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Complete six volume set, leather bound, limited to 3000 copies, #789. Modern mottled leather, raised bands, red and green leather spine labels, marbled endpapers, compartments decorated in gilt. Modern mottled leather, raised bands, red and green leather spine labels, marbled endpapers, compartments decorated in gilt. Most pages are plates with many fold-outs, red ribbon markers. An astonishing collection of engravings with accompanying keys (text in French) covering a wide range of subjects including Mathematical figures, astronomy, military formations and tactics, navigation, marine signaling, hydraulics and so on. Most of the plates fold out, sometimes with two folds. Facsimiles of the 1762-1772 set. Huge, heavy volumes that make overseas shipping prohibitive. Very good plus with only the front fly leaf in Volume 6 gone.

Record # 412377