75/2208 Diderot, D. and d'Alembert, J. Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication. Vol. 2, 5 and 8. Livorno, De l'imprimerie des Éditeurs, 1772-1776, 3rd ed., 3 parts in 4 vols., 849 (fold.) engr. plates w. accomp. textp., contemp. unif. vellum, folio.

- Double-p. plates are counted as 2 plates. Lacks 5 plates (from the drawing section). Vol. 5 partly (water)stained in upper mostly outer corner. All vols. binding worn and dam. along extremities (corners showing).

= PMM 200; Graesse II, p.389. The plates to the famous Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers, first published 1751-1765, covering all aspects of science, industries and arts. Contains plates of i.a. the following series: "Chymie", "Chirurgie", "Chasses", "Arts mechaniques", "Machines hydrauliques", "Pêches", "Potier de Terre" and "Sculpture en tous genres".