STOR ENCYCLOPEDIE AV FELICE EFTER DIDEROT, 1778, 54 volymer.

STOR ENCYCLOPEDIE AV FELICE EFTER DIDEROT, 1778, 54 volymer. FELICE, F. B. DE, Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire universel raisonne des connoissances humaines. Yverdon 1778 (Encyclopedia of Yverdon). 4:o. Ca 255x195 mm. Graverade planscher (i 6 volymer). Samtida skinnband. Troligen 54 vol. Ska vara 58 totalt. Planschdelar - ej kompletta, men finns listor, delvis skadade. The entire work of the Encyclopedia was drawn up by a team of European scholars who took refuge in Switzerland to escape the intolerance of absolutism led by the Italian scholar Fortunato Bartolomeo De Felice (1723-1789), an Italian intellectual and editor exiled in Geneva. 58 volumes (42 volumes of text, 6 volumes of supplements and 10 volumes of tables) The 10 volumes of plates contain 1262 copper engravings (of which 139 double page).

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