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Parma, Franco Maria Ricci, 1970-'80. Anastatic reprint of the first Parisian edition of 1751-1772. 402 x 262 mm ..; 18 Volumes divided as follows: 12 volumes of Tables reproducing the original etchings in facsimile; 5 Volumes of Text, The Reasoned Dictionary Of Arts, Crafts And Sciences , and a final volume of criticism with Essays and Biographies. Editorial silk binding with titles and impressions in gold on the covers, each volume in a cardboard case, with original acetate dust jackets. Introduction to the tables of Roland Barthes.
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In the seventies Franco Maria Ricci dedicated himself to the project of a reprint of the Encyclopédie, originally made between 1751 and 1772. The edition by Ricci is composed of eighteen volumes: twelve reproduce all the engravings, five the items considered most significant. and one a series of unpublished essays. The eighteenth volume, with a prologue by Jorge Luis Borges, includes essays, writings and authoritative interventions on the work and on the Enlightenment era. The edition was 3000 copies. Monumental complete work, the last complete reprint of one of the fundamental texts in the history of humanity.
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