DIDEROT (Denis). GRIMM (Friedrich Melchior, baron de) Literary, philosophical and critical correspondence of Grimm and Diderot from 1753 to 1790. New edition, revised and put in a better order, with notes and clarifications, and where are reinstated for the first time the sentences deleted by the censorship. Paris : Furne, Ladrange, 1829-1831 [With] : Correspondance inédite de Grimm et de Diderot, et recueil de lettres, poésies, morceaux et fragmens retranchés par la censure impériale en 1812 et 1813. Paris : H. Fournier, 1829 - 16 volumes in-8, 215 x 134 : (2 ff.), xvj, 490 pp.), 478 pp; (2 ff.), 500 pp; (2 ff.), 480 pp; (2 ff.), 492 pp; (2 ff.), 501 pp; 482 pp; (2 ff.), 520 pp; (2 ff.), 511 pp; (2 ff.), 489 pp; (2 ff.), 535 pp; (2 ff.), 501 pp; (2 ff.), 504 pp; (2 ff.), 519 pp; (2 ff.), 520 pp; (2 ff.), xij, 416 pp. ill-figured 342. White vellum with flaps, gilt fillet and gilt arms in the centre of the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt head, untrimmed (contemporary binding). Partly first edition, "the best and most beautiful" according to Brunet (II, 1740), of this rich correspondence constituting a first-rate documentary source concerning literature and art during the second half of the 18th century. The notes and clarifications are due to Jules Taschereau. A complete copy of the supplement published by Fournier in 1829. Beautiful slightly later bindings, bearing gilt arms that we have not been able to identify (armed ship with a sphere). Soiling to the bindings. Freckles and some small wetness in places. Provenance: Lucien Allienne, with ex-libris .