Lerasle (ed.), a.o. — Encyclopédie Méthodique. Jurisprudence. I-X. [Complete].

Paris, Panckoucke, 1782-1792. Ten volumes in nine. 4to (25.0 x 19.8 cm). Nine titles to the Encyclopédie, ten titles with wood-engraved vignette, to the Jurisprudence volumes; 7451 pp. [I: viii, 796; II: 800; III: 808; IV: 831; V: 851; VI: 820; VII-VIII: 742, 336; IX: 616; X: 843]; one large, folding table. 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, and large, 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 - mostly edited by an lawyer named Lerasle, but with the help of many juridical specialists. The last two volumes were written by the journalist and statistician Jacques Peuchet (1758-1830), and titled Police et municipalité. On the spines of this set they are numbered separately under this title. Volume VIII bound with (i.e., after) volume VII. Spines a bit chipped at top and bottom edges; a larger chip to the spine top of Volume IV; a few leaves folded before binding, resulting in partly wider margins (easily trimmed); otherwise, an excellent, clean, and unmarked set. Schmitt, S. (2018) Inventaire des livraisons, des auteurs et du contenu de l’Encyclopédie méthodique (1782-1832).