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Title: Encyclopédie moderne ou Bibliothèque universelle de toutes les connaissances humaines, par Benjamin Constant, Champollion-Figeac, A. de Laborde, Dupuytren, Guizot, Jouffroy, Lenormant, Tissot, etc. etc. Ornée de 300 planches gravées sur acier, destinées à faciliter l'intelligence des articles sur la médecine, la chimie, la métallurgie, l'agriculture, la géographie, l'optique, la musique, l'architecture, la mécanique, etc. etc. Deuxième édition. 25 vols. complete: 23 vols. 'A - Z' and 2 vols 'Supplément'.
Description: Paris, P. Duménil, P. Duménil, 1841-1843. 25 vols. 8vo (21x13,5 cm). Contemporary green halfcalf, spines gilt, covers with marbled paper; marbled endpapers. (gilt faded, spines and covers rubbed in places; tops of 4 spines sl. dam.; small tear in 3 hinges). Printed in 2 columns. With 278 (of 279) engraved plates, numbered 1-314. Including 36 folding plates with double numbers and 9 folding maps coloured in outline (Spain, America (2), Asia, Africa, England, etc.). - In vol. 8 missing plate no. 6 of the 12 numbered plates with annotated music. - Plates age-toned and with brown spots; short margins. - Dealing with the latest discoveries and progres in mechanics, medecine, electricity, etc.: farm machinery, diving bells, mills, pumps, microscopes, lighthouse, steam-engines, machines for fabrication of paper, etc. - On the whole a good set, carefully collated (only 1 plate missing), convent-stamps and numbers on titles. . Gewicht/Weight: 18000 grs.

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