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.

Great complete set of 16 pages of text and 16 plates from this enormously influential work. The plates form a series of illustrations on the art of writing, including illustrations of pens, inkwells, proper posture, preparation of the quill, and the variations and type of letters. Due to problems of censorship, the first edition was issued over a period of 21 years, in an original printing of approximately 4,000 copies.

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Condition: A

Mostly clean and bright with occasional soiling and spots of foxing.