Accession number
Heineman 255
Creator
Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784.
Published
Paris: Imprimé pour les Amis des livres, 1884.
Credit line
Gift of the trustees of the Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection, 1977.
Notes
Illustrations: frontispiece portrait of the author, in two states; engraved titlepage also, in two states; 2 vignettes in the text, and 9 plates, with 11 plate proofs before letters; 12 original aquarelles used for the illustrations, and 2 cancelled plates with plate proofs before letters. In all, 42 illustrations.
First ed.
No. 109 of 138 copies printed on Japan paper for M. Charvet, with proofs of the illustrations.
First ed.
No. 109 of 138 copies printed on Japan paper for M. Charvet, with proofs of the illustrations.
Description
2 p.l., 402 p., 2 l., 10 pl., 1 port. 29 extra pl.
Provenance
Dannie and Hettie Heineman.
Binding
Full red morocco, gilt, printed paper covers & back strip bound in by Chambolle Duru. Board case.
Classification
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