Encyclopédie élémentaire, ou, Introduction a l'étude des lettres, des sciences et des arts
By: par M. l'Abbé de Petity, prédicateur de la Reine
Contributors: Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773, ill; Rousseau, Jean François, approximately 1740- engraver; Laurent, engraver; Duclos, Antoine Jean, 1742-1795, engraver
Publisher: Chez Herissant fils, libraire, rue S. Jacques
Published: 1767
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Subjects: French Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Other titles: Introduction a l'étude des lettres, des sciences et des arts
Notes: Most of the illustrations are drawn by Gravelot; engravers include Rousseau, Laurent, and Duclos.

Houghton Library copy is imperfect.

V. 1: xvi, 664, [22] p., [10?] leaves of plates ; v. 2, pt. 1: [4], 558, [24] p., [22] leaves of plates ; v. 2, pt. 2: [5], 302-666, cclxxxii, [30] p., [19] leaves of plates.

Irregularites in pagination; some numbers are repeated on the plates and some skipped altogether.

Includes bibliographies at the end of each volume.
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1. Grammaire ; Fable ; Rhétorique ; Agriculture; title: v. 2, pt. 1. Sagesse ; Arithmétique ; Écriture ; Architecture; title: v. 2, pt. 2. Imprimerie.