Lacombe, J. (ed.)
Encyclopédie Méthodique, ou par ordre de matières: par une société de gens de lettres, de savans et d'artistes. Précédée d'un Vocabulaire universel, servant de table pour tout l'ouvrage; ornée des portraits MM. Diderot & d'Alembert, premiers éditeurs de l'Encyclopédie. Art Aratoire et du Jardinage; contenant la description & l'usage des machines, ustensiles, instrumens & outils employés dand l'exploration des terres & dans la culture des plantes.
Paris, H. Agasse, 1797-1802. Two volumes in two [text and atlas]. 4to (27.1 x 21.5 cm) and folio (29.3 x 22.1 cm). Title pages; (i) [ avertissement], 298 pp.; 54 engraved plates of which two double-sized. Uniform 20th-century half linen over plain boards. Spines with green morocco label with gilt title.
A complete section - and one of the rarer parts - of the famous Encyclopédie Méthodique, by far the largest early encyclopaedia published. This part was largely written by the French writer and editor Jacques Lacombe (1721-1811), who was responsible for many sections of the famous Encyclopédie Méthodique (e.g., Arts et Métiers Mecaniques, Dictionnaire des Jeux, etc.). The plates are very clear. Text volume uncut; dated An V of the revolutionary calendar (= 1797); the atlas contains illustrations of agricultural tools, machinery, methodology, and landscapes, all under the direction of G. Benard. Marginal tear in text pp. 269-270, otherwise an excellent, clean, unmarked and complete set. Cat. BM(NH), p. 528; Schmitt, p. 225.
