Denis Diderot, Jean le Rond (D') Alembert - Encyclopédie Ou Dictionnaire Raisonné Des Sciences, Des Arts Et Des Métiers, Par Une Société Des Gens De Lettres...

<p>Edizione originale di uno dei libri fondanti del pensiero e della storia moderna dell'Occidente.<em> PMM</em>, 200: &laquo;A monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the <em>ancien r&eacute;gime</em> and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization [...] Each volume as it appeared caused a sensation throughout Europe. The court, the church, the judiciary were outraged; the number of subscribers, originally one thousand, rose to four thousand. In 1759, the seven volumes so far published were banned by the French Attorney-General and condemned by the Pope [...] Le Breton, however, carried on clandestinely and in 1765 completed the tenth volume, the last according to the prospectus. But a rising young publisher, Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, continued the work until 1780. By that time, at least seven pirated editions had been published in Geneva, Berne, Lausanne, Yverdum, Lucca and Leghorn&raquo;.&nbsp;<span style="font-variant: small-caps">Adams</span>, <em>Bibliographie Diderot</em>, G1; <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Brunet, </span>31851; <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Dibner, </span>85; <em>DSB</em> IV, 86-87;&nbsp;<span style="font-variant: small-caps">Grolier/Horblit, </span>25b;&nbsp;<span style="font-variant: small-caps">Norman,</span> 637.</p>