[XVIIIe SIÈCLE]. [ENCYCLOPÉDIE]

[XVIIIe SIÈCLE]. [ENCYCLOPÉDIE]
Mélanges de littérature, d'histoire, et de philosophie

Amsterdam, Zacharie Chatelain & Fils, 1759-1767.

5 volumes in-8 (170 x 103 mm), 412 -456-435-464-610 pp. Half calf

speckled half calf, ornate smooth spine, red morocco title and

of red morocco, red edges (later bindings).

Complete edition (folding plate in the first volume) and enlarged edition of

of this meeting which gathers the most important texts of d'Alembert.

It includes the preliminary speech of the Encyclopedia, the preface of the 3rd

volume of the Encyclopedia, the essay on the society of literary people, the academic

the academic praises, the memoirs on Christine of Sweden, the reflections

on the elocution and the style in general, the short description of the government

of Geneva, the letter to Mr Rousseau, the essay on the elements of

philosophy, the doubts and questions on the calculation of probabilities, the philosophical and

philosophical and mathematical reflections on the application of the

of probabilities to the inoculation of the smallpox, of the freedom of the music

music, on the harmony of languages, etc...

(Condition of use, lower jaw damaged in the 1st volume)