ENCYCLOPEDIE METHODIQUE ou par ordre de matières par une société de gens de lettres. Paris, Panckoucke et Agasse, 1782- 1816. 125 volumes in-4°, half calf, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). 99 volumes of text and 26 volumes of plates containing 3855 engraved plates, some double and 140 geographical maps on double pages, i.e. a TOTAL OF 3995 ENGRAVINGS. Only a few text volumes show light rings. Defects to bindings. ENGRAVINGS : - BOTANICS: 800 plates. - ATLAS. Frontispiece and 140 double maps. - ORNITHOLOGY: 1062 plates. - ARTS AND TRADES: 1993 plates (3 amputated from the workshop). TEXT : - HISTORY. 5 vols. - ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY. 3 vols (complete) - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Volume I (of 5) - MODERN GEOGRAPHY. Volumes II and III (of 3) - DICTIONARY OF HUNTING. 1 vol. (complete) - TRADE. Volumes II and III (of 3) - ANTIQUITIES. 5 volumes (complete) - AMUSEMENT DES SCIENCES. 1 vol. (complete) - Complete with the 86 plates bound in volume VIII of arts and crafts. - PHYSICS. Volume I (of 4) - ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE. Single volume II. - GRAMMAR AND LITERATURE. Volumes I and II (of 3) - ARCHITECTURE. Volume I (of 3) - MUSIC. Volume I (of 2) - FINE ARTS. 4 volumes in 2 (complete) - FINE ARTS. 4 vols. in 4 volumes (complete). - MILITARY ART. volumes I and III (of 4) - Complete with 59 plates bound in volume VII of arts and crafts. - POLITICAL ECONOMICS. 4 volumes (complete) - MARINE. Vol. III (of 3). Complete with 173 plates bound in volume V of Arts and Crafts. - MANUFACTURE. 3 parts in 5 volumes - CHEMISTRY, PHARMACY AND METALLURGY. Volumes I, II and III (of 6) - MATHEMATICS. 3 volumes (complete) - MEDICINE. Volumes I to VI (of 13). - PHILOSOPHY. 3 vols. (complete) - THE ART OF FARMING AND GARDENING. 1 vol. (complete) - LOGIC. 4 vols (complete) - BOTANY. Volumes I, II, III and IV (of 13) - RIDING, FENCING AND SWIMMING. 1 vol. (complete) - JURISPRUDENCE. Volumes I to VII - Volumes IX and X (lacking volume VIII). - THEOLOGY. 3 volumes (complete) - FINANCE. 3 volumes (complete) - ARTS AND CRAFTS. 5 vols. Volumes I to IV plus VIII (of 8) - AGRICULTURE. Volumes I, II and III (of 6) - QUADRUPED ANATOMICAL SYSTEM. Volume II (of 4) - NATURAL HISTORY. 5 vols. Volumes I, II, III, VI and VII (of 10).