Italian re-edition of the Encyclopédie méthodique, published in Paris by Panckoucke and in Liège by Plomteux. The 6 vols. of Histoire appeared 1784-1804. Much of the work is said to have been written by the editor Gaillard. See G.B. Watts, "The Encyclopédie méthodique" (PMLA, v. 73, no. 4, p. 364).

Title in vols. 3 and 4: Encyclopédie méthodique, ou par ordre de matières. Vols. 3 and 4 lack edition statement.

Vol. 1 dated 1784, v. 2 - 1793, v. 3 & 4 - 1805.

Includes glossary of "Blason," v. 1, p. 1-278 and "Planches du blason," v. 4. The plates are numbered 1-33 (most folded), with legend "Scattaglia dir."

Etched t.p. vignette, v. 1, by Innocente Alessandri and Pietro Scattaglia after Jacopo Guarana. The vignette was copied for v. 2 (signed "Scattaglia") and recopied for v. 3 & 4 (unsigned).

Binding: pastepaper, backs and corners in sheepskin. Spines gilt tooled, separate labels for title and for vol. no./letters contained. Bookplates of Biblioteca Caproni, Vizzola.