77/1802 Diderot, D. and d'Alembert, J. Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication. Vol. 6. Paris, Briasson, David and Le Breton, 1768, 256 (of 294) (fold.) engr. plates w. accomp. textp., contemp. mottled calf, gilt spine w. contrasting mor. letter- and volume-piece, folio.

- Lacks 38 plates, i.a. sections "Calamine & Cuivre" (6 plates), "Fer-blanc" (3 plates) and 1 plate from "Fabrication des Poudres"; one plate lower outer corner torn off; one plate w. tear of 5 cm. in lower margin; occas. sl. browned. Binding stained; spine sl. dam.

= 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: "Quadrupèdes", "Oiseaux", "Coquilles fossiles", "Volcans", "Le Cuivre et l'Argent", "Fromage d'Auvergne" and "Fromage de Gruieres & de Gerardmer".