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DIDEROT, DENIS; JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT AND OTHERS.ENCYCLOPEDIE, OU DICTION- NAIRE RAISONNE DES SCIENCES, DES ARTS ET DES METIERS [...]. A complete example of this “monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien regime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth century civilizations” (PMM). The finest, most extensive and famous encyclopaedic work on the sciences, arts and professions of the 18th century, and arguably the most influential piece of French literature, the Encyclopedie originated with the publisher's suggestion for a translation of Chambers Cyclopaedia into French. Diderot (1713-84), however, persuaded him to undertake a new work along the same lines but greatly extended in size and scope, which would employ all the active writers of its time, all the new ideas and all the new knowledge circulating in the cultured class in France but needed further dispersal in order to be effective. The importance of this work is to be found in the contributions of over 200 philosophers, writers, scientists and jurists of the era of Enlightenment, like Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Buffon, Marmontel, Necker, Condorcet, Turgot and others. The greater part of the 71818 entries however, was written by the editors Diderot and d'Alembert (1717-83), followed by Baron Holbach (who contributed about 400 articles). Moreover, the Encyclopedie is famous for its fine and accurate engravings. It contains, according to the title-pages, 3129 plates because double, triple or quadruple folding plates are counted as 2, 3, or 4, adding up to the amount of 2796 plates (as in our copy). “The purpose of an encyclopaedia is to assemble the knowledge scattered over the surface of the earth; to explain its general plan to the men with whom we live and to transmit it to the men who come after us; in order that the labours of centuries past may not be in vain during centuries to come; that our descendants, by becoming better instructed, may as a consequence be more virtuous and happier and that we may not die without having deserved well of the human race.” (Diderot, quoted from the article on encyclopaedias in the present work). Translate all texts into your preferred language on our homepage via Google: www.hampel-auctions.com 213
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287 VERGOLDETE BRONZESTATUE EINER M
289 PIETRO TACCA, 1577 CARRARA - 16
292 SELTENE MUSEALE BRONZEBÜSTE EI
295 SPÄTGOTISCHES RELIQUIEN-OSTENS
300 RÖMISCHE IMPERATORENBÜSTE IN
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306 ELFENBEINSCHNITZER DES 19. JAHR
308 GROSSES RÖMISCHES MARMORRELIEF
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311 BEDEUTENDER MARMORKOPF DES RÖM
313 RÖMISCHER MARMORKOPF EINES JUN
315 LEBENSGROSSE BÜSTE DER AGRIPPI
316 KNABENBÜSTE IN MARMOR Gesamth
318 ITALIENISCHER BILDHAUER DES 19.
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321 MIKROMOSAIK MIT DARSTELLUNG DES
324 NÜRNBERGER ZINNPLATTE Durchmes
327 GROSSER WIENER TAFELAUFSATZ IN
330 ELFENBEINFIGURENPAAR: FÜRST UN
332 ELFENBEINPRUNKHUMPEN MIT TEILVE
335 SCHWEDISCHER ELFENBEINHUMPEN MI
339 GROSSE PRUNKPLATTE IN ELFENBEIN
340 ELFENBEIN-ZIERVASE Höhe: 21 cm
343 JAKOB AUER, UM 1645 HAIMINGERBE
346 GERAHMTES ELFENBEINHOCHRELIEF M
353 NEOROKOKO DOSE Maximaler Durchm
359 ELFENBEINHUMPEN MIT BILDNIS GUS
364 KUNSTKAMMEROBJEKT MIT GROSSER R
369 STATUETTE IM BRONZEVOLLGUSS Hö
373 LIMOGES-PLAKETTE Durchmesser: 6
376 OVALE ACHATKAMEE Höhe: 10 cm.
384 ITALIENISCHES MIKROMOSAIK Durch
389 GOTISCHE MARIENFIGUR Höhe: 65
392 ELFENBEINDECKELSCHATULLE Höhe
394 ÄUSSERST SELTENES SOWIE MUSEAL
397 FERRARESISCHES PASTIGLIA-KÄSTC
399 ÄUSSERST SELTENES FLÄMISCHES
401 KLEINER SCHMUCKKASTEN MIT GEHEI
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404 SCHMUCKSCHATULLE Höhe: 15,5 cm
409 KLEINES MICHEL MANN-KÄSTCHEN H
411 FRÜHBAROCKES FRANZÖSISCHES KA
413 SELTENE INTARSIENSCHATULLE 17 x
416 KLEINES PIETRA DURA-KABINETT H
419 SCHATULLE MIT PIETRA DURA-DEKOR
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421 GROSSER BESTECKKASTEN MIT 156 T
426 PAAR WIENER VERMEIL-CLOCHES AUF
429 SILBERMENAGE Höhe: 28,5 cm. Ge
433 SILBERNER TEILVERGOLDETER MESSK
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