There are 2,885 plates in 11 volumes. The plates were never banned and became a cash-cow enabling further copies of the text to be published.
The plates though were themselves not without controversy. They were based on a project by the French Academy of Sciences and there were accusations of plagiarism.
The volumes of plates follow on from the Panckoucke edition of the Encyclopédie on the lower shelf.
Bibliography:
Werner, Stephen Blueprint: a study of Diderot and the Encyclopédie plates Summa Publications, 1993 VE.2.WER
