XVIIIe SIÈCLE. Lot n° 97

[ENCYCLOPEDIA] Mélanges de littérature, d'histoire, et de philosophie Amsterdam, Zacharie Chatelain & Fils, 1759-1767. 5 volumes in-8 (170 x 103 mm), 412 -456-435-464-610 pp. Half blond speckled calf, smooth spine decorated, red morocco title and giblets, red edges (later bindings). Complete and enlarged edition (folding plate in the first volume) of this collection of d'Alembert's most important texts. It contains the preliminary speech of the Encyclopédie, the preface of the 3rd volume of the Encyclopédie, the essay on the society of literary people, the academic eulogies, the memoirs on Christine of Sweden, the reflections on elocution and style in general, the abridged description of the government of Geneva, the letter to Mr Rousseau, the essay on the elements of philosophy, the doubts and questions on the calculation of probabilities, the philosophical and mathematical reflections on the application of the calculation of probabilities to the inoculation of smallpox, on the freedom of music, on the harmony of languages, etc... (Condition of use, lower jaw damaged in the 1st volume)