Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 72

Price Realized: $ 375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
[DIDEROT, DENIS.] Lettre sur les Sourds et Muets, à l'Usage de ceux qui entendent & qui parlent. 3 engraved plates. x, 241, [11] pages, with cancelled state of A2, D4, L5, and E1. bound with: Additions pour server d'Éclaircissemens à quelques endroits de la Lettre sur les Sourds & Muets. 2 engraved plates. [2], 241-400, [4] pages, including errata leaf at end followed by title page of the third printing of the main work. 12mo, 147x89 mm, contemporary sheep with leather lettering piece, spine faded, rear cover discolored and chipped along joint; occasional light marginal toning or soiling, 2 small stains on half-title of the Additions. Bookplate of Francis John Hughes. Np, 1751

Additional Details

first edition, first printing, bound with the Additions first published as part of the third printing. Adams LH1 and LH3; Tchemerzine (1977) II, [929] and 931.