DIDEROT – D’ ALEMBERT

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ENCYCLOPÉDIE OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNÉ DES SCIENCES, DES ARTS ET DES METIERS, PAR UNE SOCIÉTÉ DES GENS DE LETTRES, Mis en ordre & publié par M.Diderot, quant à la partie mathématique, par M. D’ Alembert, nouvelle édition, à Genève, chez Pellet, 1777-1778

This is the second edition of this encyclopedia published in Geneva from 1777 to 1778, in a smaller format than the first edition between 1751 and 1772, it is composed of thirty-six volumes of text and three volumes of plates .

Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (English: Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts), better known as Encyclopédie, was a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772, with later supplements, revised editions, and translations. It had many writers, known as the Encyclopédistes. It was edited by Denis Diderot and, until 1759, co-edited by Jean le Rond d’Alembert.