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Denis Diderot

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Denis Diderot

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Auction Date:2012 Aug 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
French philosopher, art critic, and writer (1713–1784), best known for serving as co-founder and chief editor of and contributor to the Encyclopédie, the most important and ambitious intellectual initiative of the 18th Century. Autograph receipt, in French, signed “Diderot,” one page, 7 x 4.5, no date. Receipt for part of his contribution to the Encyclopédie, signed at the conclusion by Diderot. Translated: “Received from Mr. Lebreton for the same work as in the preceding receipts, and for the eight volume and the explanation of the plates, three hundred livres, Paris.” A central vertical fold, small ink notation, and scattered light toning and soiling, otherwise fine condition. Lebreton was the bookseller who published the 60 illustrated volumes of the Encyclopédie. A most significant document in terms of 18th Century thought.