Exceptional Series "great French Vocabulary", In 30 Volumes. . In 4. Paris . 1767/74

Very rare complete copy in 30 Large and beautiful volumes in 4, in a glossy calfskin binding from Derome with round motifs on the covers, ribbed spine decorated with the famous iron of the great binder with the "spider's web", titles and volume numbers in ocher and olive morocco, marbled endpapers, red edges. Bookplate with the arms of DDC De Pélissier Desgranges. This remarkable collective work by a Society of Gens de Lettres, printed in Paris by C. Panckoucke, Bookseller, Rue & next to the Comédie Française. A wealth of information concerning all the terms of the French language in the middle of the 18th Century under the Reign of Louis XV, an incredible well of fun and instructive knowledge. "The Great French Vocabulary", containing 1° The explanation of each word considered in its various grammatical, proper, figurative, synonymous and relative meanings. 2° The Laws of Orthography; those of Prosody, or Pronunciation, both colloquial and oratory; the general & particular principles of grammar; the Rules of Versification, & generally everything relating to Eloquence & Poetry. 3° Ancient and modern geography; the Coat of Arms, or Heraldic Art; Mytology; the Natural History of Animals, Plants & Minerals; the Statement of the Dogmas of Religion, & the main Facts of Sacred, Ecclesiastical & Profane History; 4°. Reasoned & philosophical details on Economy, Commerce, Navy, Politics, Civil, Canonical & Beneficial Jurisprudence, Astronomy, Medicine, Surgery, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Music, a Painting, Sculpture, Engraving, Architecture, etc. &vs. &vs. By a Society of People of Letters... A MARVEL OF Erudition and undoubtedly the most Important book for knowing through the approach of words the meaning of the Age of Enlightenment of which this Work is the most worthy. In addition, beautiful in good condition from the greatest bookbinder of time