Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (
Encyclopaedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts) was a general
encyclopedia published in
France between 1751 and 1772, with later supplements, revised editions, and translations. It had many writers, known as the
encyclopédistes. It was edited by
Denis Diderot and, until 1759, co-edited by
Jean le Rond d'Alembert.