Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM
Description:
Diderot, Denis (1713-1784)[extract] Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers, par une Societe des Gens de Lettres. Paris/Neuchatel/Amsterdam: Various Printers, 1751-1780.
Folio, the section on scientific instruments, thirteen leaves of text and approximately ninety-five full-page engraved illustrations; disbound, in paper wraps.
Estimate $700-900