Oeuvres complètes

The best edition of Diderot's works, complete with the Oeuvres inédites which contain the important first French edition of Neveu de Rameau (translated from the German edition, the original French manuscript not being found until 1891), and the volume of Mémoires Historiques et Philosophiques sur la vie et les ouvrages de Diderot by Naigeon, a volume most often lacking as it was suppressed by order of the Royal Court of Paris. Some plates, notably in the Lettre sur les aveugles and la Lettre sur les sourds et muets; a portrait of Diderot as frontispiece to the volume of Memoirs. Printed on strong laid paper.
Contemporary half green morocco binding with straight grain and small corners. Spine with raised bands decorated with 3 large Restoration-style stamps with thick and thin fillets and rolls at tail. Uncut throughout, with wide margins. Traces of rubbing. Spines uniformly lightened. Scattered foxing, unevenly distributed. In volume 2, trace of dampstaining in lower margin and corner up to p. 250; same in volume IX, in lower corner margin, fading up to page 385. Volume 18, p. 234 with brown stains. Handsome copy in Romantic binding.
Contents: Volumes 1 and 2: Philosophy. Volume 3: Literary and philosophical miscellany. Volume 4: Theatre. Volumes 5, 6 and 7: Novels and tales. Volumes 8, 9, 10: Salons. Volumes 11 and 12: Essay on the reigns of Claudius and Nero. Volumes 13 to 20: Encyclopedic dictionary. Last 2 volumes unnumbered: Unpublished works of Diderot with Le neveu de Rameau, and Life of Diderot by Naigeon.