ENCYCLOPEDIA DIDEROT D`ALAMBERT FACSIMILE OF THE FIRST EDITION

ENCYCLOPEDIE DE DIDEROT ET D`ALEMBERT DICTIONARY OF SCIENCES, ARTS AND COMMERCE. Reprint from the original Paris edition of 1751-1772 Format 27x40.
COPY OF THE FIRST UNIVERSAL ENCYCLOPEDIA . The first universal encyclopedia was the French Encyclopédie , edited by Jean d`Alembert and Denis Diderot . This encyclopedia was completed in 1772. It contained 28 volumes , 71818 articles and 2885 illustrations. Its co-authors are often referred to as the circle of French encyclopedists, many of whom later became co-organizers of the Great French Revolution .