[DIDEROT, Denis; ALEMBERT, D'] [Recueil de planches, pour la nouvelle édition du Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers [...]]. III. Astronomie. [Geneva, Pellet, 1778-4to: 8 pp., pl. (lacking title; pl. VII does not exist, with pl. bis; a few faint stains). Modern calf monogr. G.B. (sl. rubbed), blind rules and tools on covers, blind-stamped spine on 4 raised bands (sl. discol.), red edges. Good copy. Vol. III only of the "Recueil", complete with explanatory text and pl. including one folding (I-XXI): armillary sphere, eclipses, instruments, diagrams, "Figure de la lune par Mr. de la Lande l'an 1772", etc.
[DIDEROT, Denis; ALEMBERT, D'] [Recueil de planches, pour la nouvelle édition du Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers [...]]. III. Astronomie. [Geneva, Pellet, 1778-4to: 8 pp., pl. (lacking title; pl. VII does not exist, with pl. bis; a few faint stains). Modern calf monogr. G.B. (sl. rubbed), blind rules and tools on covers, blind-stamped spine on 4 raised bands (sl. discol.), red edges. Good copy. Vol. III only of the "Recueil", complete with explanatory text and pl. including one folding (I-XXI): armillary sphere, eclipses, instruments, diagrams, "Figure de la lune par Mr. de la Lande l'an 1772", etc.
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