Collectif - L'univers. Histoire et description de tous les peuples. Dictionnaire encyclopédique de la France - 1845

Fascinating two-volume set enriched with about 400 black-and-white plates captioned in this edition, belonging to the ambitious 19th-century encyclopedic enterprise that seeks to bring together in a single collection historical, geographical, ethnographic, political, economic, and cultural knowledge -

Two volumes of plates with explanations dedicated to France, drawn from the collection L’Univers Pittoresque:

- Encyclopedic Dictionary - Part One (Gaulish, Greek, Roman, Merovingian and Carolingian monuments) [Carolingiens]

- Encyclopedic Dictionary - Part Three (Monuments of the 15th century, the Renaissance and Modern Times) -

Designed in the spirit of the great popularizing scholarly publications of its era, the work aims to make accessible to the cultured reader the knowledge then available about the countries, the populations, the institutions, the cities, the monuments, the productions and the major historical events -

The title L’Univers expresses this will to embrace an extremely vast field, while the phrase “history and description of all peoples” bears witness to the encyclopedic ambition of presenting the different human societies through their origins, their traditions, their territories, their governments, their religions and their activities -

Collectif - L’univers. Histoire et description de tous les peuples. Dictionnaire encyclopédique de la France - 1845 - Tome I et III - Firmin Didot Frères -
Pages: 221 - 372.

Good condition of the bindings, volumes in their period half-leather, marbled boards, wear from use, some minor defects on the covers, headcaps damaged with some loss, cracked hinges, spine of Volume I with cracks, worn corners, speckled edges, smooth spine titled and ornamented with gold lines and friezes -

Good interior condition, some stains, handsome vignette on the title page, text in two columns, volumes enriched with about 400 black-and-white plates captioned, endpapers in good condition, a pleasing set -

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