Encyclopédie by Diderot, DenisCall Number: AE25 .E53 plates v.6, v. 8
Publication Date: Paris, Briasson 1762-72
Volume 6: Natural history
Volume 8: Fishing
Diderot's work was unorthodox and advanced for its time. Accusations of seditious content around entries on religion and natural law percolated prior to the completion of the second volume.