The Encyclopedie was published under the direction of Diderot from 1751 onward with thousands of articles written by the most prominent philosophers and scientists of the time. These great minds collaborated in the goal of assembling and disseminating the fruits of accumulated knowledge and learning. This massive reference work for the arts and sciences, served to propagate Enlightened ideas. Read a full description of this work and Diderot at Wikipedia.com.

Complete fascicle with all of chemistry plates from an 8vo edition of this enormously influential work. The folding plate depicting a chemistry lab is delicately hand colored; the remaining plates are uncolored. Includes 9 pages of text and 24 plates.

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Condition: A

The plates are clean and bright with occasional minor soiling. The text is lightly toned and a chip on the title page has been archivally repaired.