Recueil de Planches sur les Sciences les Arts Liberaux et les Arts Mechaniques avec Leur Explication (12 Volumes in Six)
by Diderot, Denis and Jean le Rond d'Alembert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Cercle du Livre Precieux, 1964-1966. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/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
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Details
- Bookseller
- Monroe Street Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 412377
- Title
- Recueil de Planches sur les Sciences les Arts Liberaux et les Arts Mechaniques avec Leur Explication (12 Volumes in Six)
- Author
- Diderot, Denis and Jean le Rond d'Alembert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- reprint
- Publisher
- Cercle du Livre Precieux
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1964-1966
- Keywords
- Sciences, History, reprint, , .
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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Monroe Street Books
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Middlebury, Vermont
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...