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About the Diderot Database

The column headings in the database search refer to three different editions of Diderot, all of which are available in the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library stacks (and other libraries throughout the United States). Note that the numbers in the results columns refer to page and/or volume number (e.g., 5:114 is Volume 5, page 114).

DOVER A Diderot pictorial encyclopedia of trades and industry : manufacturing and the technical arts in plates, selected from L'Encyclopedie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, of Denis Diderot / edited with introduction and notes by Charles Coulston Gillispie. New York : Dover Publications 1959. 2 v.
Rockefeller Library call number:   T9 .E473 1959
ABRAMS Diderot encyclopedia : the complete illustrations /  Denis Diderot.  New York : Abrams, 1978.   5 v.
Rockefeller Library call number:   Reference AE25 .D5 1978
RICCI Encyclopedie de Diderot et d'Alembert.  Parma : F. M. Ricci, 1970- . 18 v.: ill. ; 41 cm. Note: Reprint of the ed. published by Briasson, Paris, 1751-1772. Plates reproduced in their entirety; text consists of selected articles, each reproduced in its entirety.
Rockefeller Library call number:   REF AE25 .E53 1970