One volume, collated 8vo, 19.5 x 13 cm, later bound in brown full morocco by Pouillet, gilt-bordered covers, raised bands to spine, gilt in compartments, gilt-lettered, double-fillet on cover edges, gilt dentelle inside, signed, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers.
Title-page: ŒUVRES | PHILOSOPHIQUES | DE MR. D ***. | — | LES BIJOUX INDISCRETS | — | TOME CINQUIEME | {vignette} | A AMSTERDAM, | Chez Marc-Michel Rey. | — | M. DCC. LXXII. ||
Pagination: [8] [1] 2-389 [390], total 398 pages, frontis., vignette, plates.
Collation: 3 blank leaves at front and rear, π2 a2 A-Aa8 Bb3, total 199 leaves plus 7 unsigned engraved plates incl. frontispiece, and engraved vignette to t.p.
Catalogue raisonné: Cohen-DeRicci 303; Lewine 145-6: …with the plates which have been copied and reduced in the undated Cazin edition (1771 and 1785).
Contributors:
Marc-Michel Rey (Dutch, 1720 – 1780) – publisher.
Denis Diderot (French, 1713 – 1784) – author.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 18 AD , Mid-18th century |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | French |
| Subject | 18th century , Engraving , Etching , French literature , Illustrated books , Satire , Social satire |
| Media/Technique | Copperplate engraving , Engraving , Etching , Laid paper , Paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1772 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus |
| Size | 8vo |
| Binding | Full morocco , Hardcover |
| Catalogue raisonne | Cohen, de Ricci (1912) , J. Lewine (1898) |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
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