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Paris, Panckoucke, 1784-1797. Three volumes in three. 4to (25.5 x 20.2 cm). Three titles to the Encyclopédie, three titles with wood-engraved vignette, to the Géographie volumes; 2246 pp. [xvi, 756; 750; 724]; one very large, folded chart. Uniform contemporary mottled half calf (corners vellum) over marbled boards. Spines with five raised, gilt-bordered bands; compartments with gilt snowflake vignettes and red and black morocco labels with double-gilt borders and title. Edges speckled red. = A rare part of the Ultimate Encyclopaedia and the largest of all great Encyclopaedias and the most important work published during the French Enlightement. This section - complete in itself - written by the French geographer Edme Mentelle (1730-1816). It deals with ancient geography and remains an important source. Some wear to the spines and board edges and some worming in the spine and gutter of parts I and III; light, inobtrusive staining to several boards; one text leaf lower margin folded before cutting, resulting in partly uncut margins, a few sections mildly toned; otherwise, a very good, clean and complete set. Schmitt, S. (2018) Inventaire des livraisons, des auteurs et du contenu de l’Encyclopédie méthodique (1782-1832).