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FACSIMILE of the ORIGINAL, and ONE of a SERIES of volumes published by Denis DIDEROT and Jean D'ALEMBERT in
1758 as L'Encyclopedie Diderot & D'Alembert. This recent copy of the famous L'ENCYLOPEDIE was produced in Paris by Bibliotheque De l'lmage. The book is 9" X 12.5" X 0.5", and consists of the ENTIRE ORIGINAL TEXT (in French) and
OVER 80 FULL PAGE B/W ENGRAVINGS and PLATES On Heavy Paper and WONDERFUL DETAIL!!!
Diderot's 18th-Century efforts were phenomenal in that the project produced literally thousands of wonderfully-detailed engravings and bookplates that REVEALED GREAT MYSTERIES and secrets of not only on The SPORT of FENCING and SWORD CONSTRUCTIONdetailed in the volume now up for auction, but of Agriculture, Tanning, Astronomy, Horsemanship, Writing, Metal-founding, Ceramics, Goldsmithing, Science and the many other technologies of the world on the eve of the Industrial Revolution!
ART DE L'ESCRIME (FENCING SPORT)
Is A SCARCE Volume in the Diderot Series
Diderot was persecuted for decades by Jesuit Priests and the French government (he lost his editorial partner, d'Alembert, in the process), but was delightfully persistent in his efforts to reveal the state of human affairs near the end of the 18th Century.
This facsimile volume of DIDEROT & d'ALEMBERT's L'ENCYCLOPEDIE is offered here at
NO RESERVE and an extremely reasonable starting bid!
The PLATES ALONE in this volume, with others in the series, provide a SPECTACULAR COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS from the era covering every aspect of life and culture in "modern" Europe centuries ago!
Winning bidder pays $3.00 for bookrate shipping; (SINGLE SHIPPING CHARGE FOR ANY NUMBER OF DIDEROT VOLUMES!--U.S. only); more for Priority or international. THANKS for LOOKING and GOOD LUCK bidding on this unique opportunity on eBay.
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