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91060Paris Briasson / David / Le Breton / Durand 1763. 2° 405 x 275 cm Schmutztitel Titelbl. zus. 80 S. Text u. 195 tlw. gefaltete Taf. Priv.-Ldr. m. 2 goldgepr. Rückenschildchen auf 6 Bünden Rundum-Rotschnitt Etw. berieben u. kratzspurig obere Ecken etw. bestossen Blattränder min. gebräunt; innen frisches Ex.Somewhat rubbed and scratched upper corners somewhat bumped margins slightly browned; inside a fresh copy. In 195 und nicht wie auf dem Titelblatt angegeben 201 Tafeln kompletter Tafelteil Lieferung 1/2. Vorhanden sind die Abteilungen: «Charron» 2 S. Text 7 Taf. davon 1 gefaltet; «Chasses» 31 S. Text 23 Taf. «Chaudonnier» 2 S. Text 4 Taf.; «Chimie» 4 S. Text 24 Taf. davon 1 gefaltet; «Chirurgie» 4 S. Text 39 Taf.; «Choréographie ou l’art d’écrire la danse» 1 S. Text 2 Taf.; «Blanchissage des cires» 1 S. Text 3 Taf.; «Cirier» 2 S. Text 4 Taf.; «Fabrique de la cire d’Espagne ou à cacheter» 1 S. Text 2 Taf.; «Ciseleur et damasquineur» 1 S. Text 2 Taf.; «Cloutier grossier» 1 S. Text 2 Taf.; «Cloutier d’épingles» 1 S. Text 2 Taf.; «Coffretier-malletier-bahutier» 1 S. Text 3 Taf.; «Confiseur» 3 S. Text 5 Taf.; «Corderie » 2 S. Text 4 Taf. davon 2 gefaltet; «Cordinnier et cordonnier-bottier» 1 S. Text 2 Taf.; «Corroyeur» 1 S. Text 2 Taf.; «Coutelier» 1 S. Text 2 Taf.; «Découpeur et gaufreur d’étoffes» 1 S. Text 3 Taf.; «Dentelle et façon du point» 1 S. Text 3 Taf.; «Dessein» 12 S. Text 38 Taf. davon 1 gefaltet; «Diamantaire» 1 S. Text 3 Taf.; «Distillateur d’eau de vie» 1 S. Text 1 Taf.; «Doreur» 2 S. Text 4 Taf.; «Draperie» 2 S. Text 11 Taf. davon 2 gefaltet. 010 Paris, Briasson / David / Le Breton / Durand, 1763 unknown
187977381Paris:: D. & J. L. D'Alambert. ca. 1879-70. modern cloth. Some light staining around the edges of just one engraved plate; otherwise fine. Folio. 12 engraved plates depicting a variety of earthenware forms kilns tools moulds racks etc. D. & J. L. D'Alambert. hardcover
1757elala128Amsterdam i.e. Paris: Prault fils aîné 1757. 1757. 8vo. pp. ix 10-299. contemporary mottled calf gilt back binding damage to corners & spine ends. First Edition of the first of Diderots two plays. "The publication of the Fils Naturel occasioned an uproar It was sufficently novel in techniques of staging and acting as well as new emphases in character analysis and intellectural content to make it controversial The plays of Diderot were in sober fact revolutionary not merely in an aesthetic sense but also in a political one. The motivations the values the morality the self-evident truths set forth in the Fils Naturel and the Père de Famille were those of a new social class just beginning to feel its own power and to respect its own intutions it is impossible to say anything more cogent about Diderots plays than to repeat what Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America. If you would judge beforehand he remarked of the literature of a people which is lapsing into democracy study its dramatic productions The tastes and propensities natural to democratic nations in respect to literature will therefore first be discernible in drama and it may be foreseen that they will break out there with vehemence. Arthur M. Wilson Diderot pp. 261-62 Diderot sought to reform the theatre in three principal ways by giving it greater realism through an emphasis on stage settings the use of explicit stage directions and increased use of pantomime and gesture by creating what he called domestic and bourgeois tragedy and by making theatre a vehicle for inspiring virtuous conduct. Many of these theoretical aspects were dealt with in the accompanying Discours sur la Poésie Dramatique. The play was published anonymously although everyone knew Diderot was the author mainly because of some remarks concerning heaven and the ways of its providence that prevented the work from being published under public licence. Adams FN1. Tchemerzine IV p. 447. Cioranescu 24091 incorrectly referring to 12mo. format. 1st Edition. Amsterdam [i.e. Paris: Prault fils aîné], 1757. unknown
1758elala129Amsterdam i.e. Paris: Michel Lambert 1758. 1758. 2 Parts in 1. 8vo. pp. xxix 220; xii 195. contemporary mottled calf gilt back front joint cracked & tender chipping to spine ends. First Edition of the second of Diderots two dramatic works. "As one biographer of Diderot has remarked it is only in the eighteenth century that a situation like this would be likely to occur: a married mans unmarried mistress and his friend the bachelor of another mans wife are invoked as the twin inspirations of a play the purpose of which is to glorify the family." see Arthur M. Wilson Diderot p. 328 As with his first play Le Fils Naturel Le Père de Famille was printed with an additional text discussing theoretical aspects of the theatre and theatrical production here the Discourse on Dramatic Poetry with separate title and pagination. "In his several chapters Diderot dealt with such subjects as plot dialogue incident the different kinds of plays characterization division of a play into acts and scenes stage decorations costumes pantomime and gestures and most important of all the social function of the theatre The discourse embraced some of the greatest and most abiding themes - of the nature of genius and the criteria of taste; of the function of the artist; and most of all of the good the beautiful and the true. Nor was this all.Diderot also hoped that "all of the imitative arts would adopt a common purpose and one day co-operate with the laws in making us love virtue and hate vice."" Ibid. p. 331 Adams P1. Tchemerzine IV p. 448. Cioranescu 24151. 1st Edition. Amsterdam [i.e. Paris: Michel Lambert], 1758. unknown
elala3400‘Au Monomatapa’ i.e. Paris: Cazin 1781. Counterfeit Edition of this satirical libertine novel first: 1748. Set in Africa Diderot’s first full-length novel “combines an exotic and licentious plot with some adventurous philosophical explorationsâ€. New Oxford Companion to Literature in French The work would later give its author much cause for regret. Cohen-De Ricci 303n. Lewine 145n. Tchemerzine IV 430an. 2 Volumes. 12mo. pp. 4 p.l. 220; 2 p.l. 248. 7 engraved plates incl. frontis. contemporary mottled calf gilt backs spines rubbed & ends worn paper partly embrowned ‘Au Monomatapa’ [i.e. Paris]: [Cazin?, 1781?] unknown
1749276297London 1749. hardcover. near fine. 2 volumes bound in one. 150; 4 141 7 pages with text in French. Illustrated with 5 of 6 plates in 1st volume and 3 plates in second volume. 12mo contemporary calf-backed speckled boards; gilt spine with red label. Londres: no publisher stated i. e. Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey 1749 & 1751. Near fine copy of 2 scarce titles.<br/> <br/> Both titles by Denis Diderot published anonymously with a fictitious imprint "Londres 1749" on title page: Probably the 3rd or 4th edition published in Amsterdam the same year as the first edition --Adams LG4; Tchemerzine 1977 II 925d. OCLC lists only 6 copies of this edition of "les Aveugles" Cornell Stanford Dartmouth Exeter British Library & Biblioteca Nacional de Espana. "les Sourds et Muets" is one of several editions published in Paris in 1751 each with slightly varying title pages and pagination. OCLC lists 13 copies.<br/> <br/> unknown
176279271Paris:: Briasson 1762-1772. modern cloth. Fine original condition. Folio . With 32 fine engraved plates some folding. Briasson, hardcover
199024820AB1990. Frankfurt am Main/Bern/New York/Paris Lang 1990. 8°. V 315 Seiten. Hardcover / Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk. KEIN Mängelexemplar. Europäische Aufklärung in Literatur und Sprache ; 1 hardcover
17711410Paris: c 1771. 1771. Two sections from Diderot's Encyclopedie; 15.25" x 9.78"; in plain blue wrapper. First section 3 pp. text of contents on 2 full page plates showing letters musical notation three examples of maps; and engraving tools. Second section 1 pp. text of contents on 5 full page plates 3 Gravure en Medaille showing interior view of artisan at work in shop tools and examples; 2 Gravure en Cachet once again with interior showing two engravers at work tools equipment etc. Wrapper split at spine save for about two inches chipped at edges; light age toning soil to page margins. Very good or better thus. . [c 1771] unknown
177727823Paris: Diderot & d'Alembert 1777. Print. Very good condition. The set of Six copper engravings showing the tools stands and products that are part of the manufacturing process of making fireworks. Plates numbered 1-6 with 145 figures.<br /> This set is complete in 6 plates but latter versions use the same individual fire works but expand the plates to 7 pages. This copy has fine fresh strik lines and ink tones.<br /> <br /> The Diderot & d'Alembert's Encyclopédie is regarded as one of the greatest works of the Enlightenment and the 18th century whose aim in Diderot's words was to "change the common way of thinking" through the expansion of knowledge and the development of critical modes of thought.<br /> <br /> Plate mark 7 x 9" on 9 x 12" cream paper. Very clean. Diderot & d'Alembert unknown
193787925Paris: Grasset 1937. Fine. Grasset Paris 1937 14.50 x 19.50 cm broché First edition one of the numbered copies on alfa paper reserved for the press service. Spine slightly sunned with some minor foxing lower right corner of the book slightly warped. Exceptional autograph inscription signed by Bernard Grasset to one of the leading authors of his publishing house: ""A Irène Nemirovsky son admirateur son ami. Bernard Grasset."" To Irène Nemirovsky his admirer his friend. Bernard Grasset. Touching Nemirovskyan relic. Grasset unknown
000284Paperback. Very Good. Lucotte Jacques-Raymond with engravings by Bénard Robert. The section on woodworking in buildings from the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert published initially in Paris between 1751 and 1772. This section folio 260x365mm is well bound for protection in 20th century brown thin card covers finished on the spine in green hessian or similar cloth; tiny worm hole in the extreme lower left margins of the first three or four leaves and with the usual slight browning around the margins but a very good complete copy with clear crisp text on 16 numbered pages and 38 full page copper engraved plates numbered I - XXIV but several with subnumbered plates in the particular subseries. The Encyclopédie the magnificent Enlightenment undertaking with the grand aim of publishing all the world's knowledge and intended to "change the way people think" appeared between 1751 and 1772 in 28 folio volumes with over 70000 articles and more than 3000 illustrations later supplemented with additional material and revised elements. It was the first general encyclopedia to include material on technology and on crafts entirely appropriately as the underlying focus of the work was on human reason rather than on theology or nature and because the editors wished to provide information applicable to people's everyday lives. There is no separate section title page and it's unclear exactly when this part was published but judging by the quality of the engravings it's most likely from the original edition or at least from a very early printing. The text consists of descriptions of the 38 plates written by the architect Jacques-Raymond Lucotte who also drew the material for the plates which were then engraved by Robert Bénard. Lucotte was responsible for a dozen craft articles which appeared in volumes IX to XVII and for over 650 illustrations in the Encylopédie. Bénard in turn was a major contributor to the Encyclopédie engraving something over 1800 plates. This is a very good desirable copy of a self-contained part of arguably the greatest and most ambitious publishing undertaking of the Enlightenment. <br/> <br/> paperback
17492305752Amsterdam: Au Pays Libre pour Le Bien Public 1749. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Paper label on spine base corners a bit rubbed minor loss of gilt bookplate of philosopher Paul Desjardins on front endpaper. 1749 Full-Leather. viii 124; iv 99 5 pp. 16mo. Original full leather gilt titles decorations and triple rule marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Two works in one volume: Essai sur la Liberte de Produire ses Sentimens attributed to either Elie Luzac or Julian Offroy de la Mettrie 1749 with Pensees sur l'Interpretation de la Nature by Denis Diderot 1754 first edition. French text. "Elie Luzac wishing to justify his publication of the book L'Homme machine had in 1749 brought out anonymously the Essai sur la liberte de produire ses sentimens. It was a crisp and well-reasoned work which contended … that the honest search for truth requires us to give a hearing to every possible point of view…. Luzac was simply reiterating the theme of the 'Avertissement' which he had prefixed to La Mettrie's book." - Aram Vartanian La Mettrie's L'Homme Machine Princeton 1960 pp. 97-98. Vartanian that is attributes the Essai to Luzac primarily based upon its content an argument in favor of freedom of thought/press as opposed to the medical themes characteristic of La Mettrie's works. Roger Stoddard though includes the Essai in his Bibliographical Inventory Koln: Dinter 2000 of La Mettrie's works #39 while noting that it is printed by Luzac. Diderot's On the Interpretation of Nature discusses evolution mathematics experimental science and materialism. Diderot is best known for his collaboration with d'Alembert on the Encyclopedie 1751-1772 and was a major figure in the Enlightenment. Au Pays Libre pour Le Bien Public hardcover
17802151780. Fine. Superb hand-colored engraving of a cannon by Diderot. Diderot Note: we grade conservatively and endeavor to identify any defects that might affect overall quality and price. unknown
196667026Paris: Cercle du Livre Précieux 1966. Reprint. Leather bound. Very Good. Will require extra postage due to weight it is very heavy shipping outside of the United States is greatly discouraged!!! Folio 39 cm Ex-library with several discreet library marks including very faint library numbers on the spines. Sprinkled calf with 7 compartments in gilt on the spines. Red and green spine labels. Marbled endpapers. Silk ribbon page-markers. The extremities are rubbed and the spine ends are lightly chipped. French text. Number 840 in an edition of 3000. Chock full of lavish plates some double some folded.<br /> <br /> Ce Volume constitute la première reproduction rigoureuse et intégral de l'édition originale des planches de L'Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers mis en ordre et publiés par MM. Diderot et d'Alembert.<br /> <br /> Denis Diderot 1713-1784 was a French writer philosopher and art critic who with Voltaire to a large extent defined the French Enlightenment during the greater part of the 18th century. This is his major work a monument of the French Enlightenment and a representation of the standard of scholarly knowledge of the time and of the spirit of rationalism which pervaded 18th century thought. Cercle du Livre Précieux unknown
175423490Paris 1754. A pair of copper engraving /etchings from the famed "Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences des Art et des Metiers.". These plates illustrate the effects of volcanic activity in Italy including the eruption of Vesuvius in 1754. <br /> <br /> The Encyclopedie was published between 1751 and 1772 in 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates. It contained over 70000 articles written by more than 140 contributors. Meant to propagate the ideas of the French Enlightenment the impact was enormous. <br /> Platemarks 17 3/4 x 14" with small margins on the left and right. Printed on laid paper in very good original condition. unknown
1986Q-2080704486FLAMMARION 1986-01-01. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! FLAMMARION paperback
51-6746Paris: Panckoucke; Liège: Plomteux 1783-1784. 3 volumes in-4 20 x 26cm. demi-basane fauve dos à nerfs orné pièces de titre et de tomaison de veau rouge et vert gardes de papier peint tranches rouges reliure de l'époque. Tomes 1 à 3 contenant les planches des métiers de la lettre A à M. On dénombre ainsi 742 planches gravées 586 simples et 156 doubles. Coins usagés mors which 156 are double-page. Half roan decorated ribbed spine red and green calf title and volume labels painted paper endpapers red edges contemporary binding.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:2398186: Pagination: v. 1: 8 p. 227 leaves of plates; v. 2: 8 p. 249 leaves of plates; v. 3: 4 266 leaves of plates; The double page plates mesasure 26 x 37cm. Paris: Panckoucke,; Liège: Plomteux, 1783-1784 unknown
1778mon0003512465London: R. Ayre & G. Moore 1778. Hardcover. Good. . Contemporary half-leather with marbled boards erosion to the extremities cracked joints and rubbing. Name of former owner in prelims pages lightly tanned. London: R. Ayre & G. Moore hardcover
1334876630.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
56685Paris: Librairie de France 1931/1932. Two volumes. 4to. Red decorative half-calf red coated end papers top edge gilt. Some shelf wear to the tips and edges a very clean and attractive set in a handsome binding. This is copy CLXIX of 250 copies on Papier d'Arches; the entire edition was 3416 copies on a variety of papers. Original floral decorative wrappers bound in design by Jean Boisseau. Decorations by M. Boris Grosser. Illustrations including 24 in colour by Adrien Bagarry. A heavy set which will incur additional postage costs. An anthology of curious tales by 18th century authors including Voltaire Diderot Pigault-Lebrun Caylus Cazotte Marechal others. <br/><br/> Paris: Librairie de France, 1931/1932. unknown
1931000162Paris: Librairie de France 1931 1931. 2 vols. 4to. 11-1/8" x 9-3/8" limited numbered edition illustrated by Adrien Bagarry in color and B&W. Bound in 1/2 red morocco raised bands gilt lettered blue morocco spine labels top edges gilt others uncut original pictorial wrappers bound in housed in a red cloth open ended slipcase. Hinges fine head and foot of spines fine. Paris: Librairie de France, 1931 hardcover
1813mon0003477182Paris: Longchamps; F. Buisson 1813. Hardcover. Very Good. . 16-volume set complete. Uniformly bound with green leather spines marbled boards gilt lettering and decoration. Pages lightly tanned with occasional minor scattered foxing. Slight rubbing to the boards and spine ends. Paris: Longchamps; F. Buisson hardcover
1813033116Paris: F. Buisson 1813. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo 18.5 x 12.5 cm. complete set of 15 volumes published from 1812 - 1813 portrait frontispiece to vol. 1 series two. The set comprising of; First series 1813 Longchamps & F. Buisson Paris depuis 1753 jusqu'en 1769 in 6 volumes. Second series 1812 Seconde Edition revue et corrigee F. Buisson Paris depuis 1770 Jusqu'en 1782 in 4 volumes . Third series 1813 F Buisson Paris pendant une partie des annees 1775 - 1776 et pendant les annees 1782 a 1790 inclusivement in 5 volumes. Attractively bound in half leather ornate bright gilt decoration to spine compartments two contrasting title labels on the spine. Binding fine and Content clean and tight A near fine complete frontispiece plate title page and numerous engraved plates. Bound in red leather with marbled covered boards page edges marbled six gilt decorated spine compartments with two contrasting leather title labels. Bindings near fine strong with very little sign of wear and rubbing joints firm no cracking. now with protective archival removable wrappers. Contents clean and tight a little toning to some blank pages private book plate belonging to Sir John Stuart Forbes no inscriptions or other marks. A near fine attractive set. Sir John Stuart Hepburn Forbes 8th Baronet of Monymusk of Fettercairn and Pitsligo FRSE 1804-1866 was a Scottish baronet landowner advocate and agriculturalist. F. Buisson Hardcover
73-4623Paris France: Denis Diderot 1730. 31 x 39 cm. Hand colored print on laid rag mounted on lightweight mat board. Very Good. Text in French.Because this print is attached to mat board this item must be shipped flat; thus it will cost extra for shipping.Item in plastic sleeve new photos of item can be sent to customer upon request. Paris, France: Denis Diderot, 1730. unknown
