[DIDEROT - D'ALEMBERT]. ENCYCLOPEDIA OR REASONED DICTIONARY OF SCIENCES, Arts and Crafts, by a society of people of letters Paris, Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand, Stoupe, Panckoucke, Brunet : Neufchatel, Faulche (En réalité Paris), 1751-1780. 35 volumes in folio, marbled calf, spine ribbed and richly decorated with fleurons and gilt motifs, burgundy title pieces, green and fawn tomaison (contemporary binding). First edition of this famous work, the largest printing company serving French thought and technique. It consists of 17 volumes of text, 11 volumes of plates and 5 of supplements, including 1 of plates and 2 of table. This copy is illustrated with 2889 plates, single, double or triple, counted 3129. It is complete with the 3 hermaphrodite plates, the large folding board "Trial of a distribution of the... "The four tables on Africa, America, Asia and Europe, the table "Figurative system of knowledge", the table entitled "Essay on the distribution of science", the table of ancient measurements and finally the table for finding the divisors. Several volumes deal with the plates of the galleries, otherwise the whole is preserved in almost homogeneous bindings. Ex libris manuscript on the titles of the first volumes Henri Anne Salomon de La Tullaye, Marquis de Magnanne, adviser to Louis XV.