LEXICA - Diderot, Denis - D'Alembert, Jean Le... Lot 142

LEXICA - Diderot, [Denis] - D'Alembert, [Jean Le Rond]. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des art et des métiers.... 36 text volumes and 3 plate volumes with 445 copper plates (some folded several times). Lausanne and Bern, Sociétés typographiques, 1781. 8° gr. Uniformly bound half-leather volumes of the time with gilt spine titles and volume number (somewhat rubbed and scratched). Cf. Graesse II, p. 389 - Lough, p. 40 - The Swiss octavo edition of Diderot's comprehensive encyclopedia includes illustrations on the fields of mathematics, music, military and navy, medicine, anatomy, architecture, chemistry, astronomy, etc., among others. - Minimally browned, otherwise in good condition. - Mounted gest. Armorial bookplate "Monsieur de Müller Directeur des Grains on endpaper, and stamp "Bibliothèque du Clerge Fribourg". - Decorative copy.