A Bibliographical Description of the Two Sets of the Encyclopédie Held by the Center for Historical Social Science Literature, Hitotsubashi University

Key Points

• The aim is to thoroughly analyze the eighteenth-century editions of the Encyclopédie for better research accuracy.
• Conducting a detailed bibliographical description of the editions
• Identifying the Paris-Neuchâtel imprint editions
• Assessing the complexity of sorting out the different editions
• Highlighting the complications in identifying each volume's edition
• Providing clarity for researchers about which editions they are referencing