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122553Paris: 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 11 pages of descriptive text & 2 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 2 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Corroyeur from volume III of plates. Plates are numbered 1-2.3 pages 275-277 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 including information on Corroyer un cuir et les ouvrages et manieres1 page 58 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including Étire1 page 476 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on the colour Jaune1 page 74 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Paroir3 pages 5 692 & 724 from volume XIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Pommelle Dresser un quartier and Quoisser les cuirs2 pages 402 & 406 from volume XIV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on the colour Rouge and Les rougirWith some browning to a few leaves.This suite opens with an attractive view of leather currier's workshop. The paring and working of the skins is shown and the tools used are displayed. Diderot's entry for Corroyer en Cuir is included as are articles on Paroir Pomelle Quiosser les Curies and Rougier les Cuirs. (1763). Folio hardcover books
122481Paris 1767 Folio 253 x 393mm. 4 pages of descriptive text & 3 loose plates with their accompanying text sheets. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 3 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Gravure sur Pierres Fines from volume V of plates. Plates are numbered 1-3. Also with the relevant entries listed under Pierres Fines in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol 2 1780.4 pages 595-598 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 with information on Gravures.Illustrating the art of engraving semi-precious stones these plates give a fine overview of the engraver at work. Beginning with a studio scene demonstrating the use of his lathe the next two plates show his key tools. Included also with the text are relevant entries by Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt on stonework with particular reference to semi-precious artifacts. unknown books
1969135979New York.: Readex Microprint Corporation. 1969. Compact facsimile reprint of the 1762 edition volumes 18 to 28. Quarter brown leather over green buckram red spine label with gilt title. . Very good slight pull and discoloration to spine head. . 40x25.5 cm. . Text and plates reduced in size to fit four to a leaf. Heavy book Weight: 9.7 lb. requires extra shipping. Readex Microprint Corporation. hardcover books
122574Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 1 page of descriptive text & 2 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 2 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Fabrique de la Cire D'Espagne ou a Cacheter from volume III of plates. Plates are numbered 1-2.1 page 436 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes Les diverses opérations de la fabrique de cette cireWith some browning to a few leaves.With two scenes of the craftsmen's workshop these plates show the manufacture of sealing wax an essential commodity. Text sheets help explain the tools and equipment depicted. unknown books
122545Paris . Folio 253 x 393mm. 2 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 2 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Patenôtrier from volume VIII of plates. Plates are numbered 1-2. unknown books
176730186Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins: Three plate plus one descriptive sheet. <br/><br/> unknown books
176730162Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins: 3 plates and 1 text sheet. The plates display a vignette that represents the interior of the atelier where the furnace is seen in the chaudiere from which the lead is melted ; and where the mixture of the oprin is done plus the drawings of all the tools and equipments for the casting of bullets. <br/><br/> unknown books
176730161Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins. 6 plates and 2 descriptive text sheets. The first plate represents the interior of an atelier in which several craftsmen of this profession are engaged in various operations and the planes of the double furnace. Plates 2- 6 are drawings of interesting tools plans and molds used in the sand foundry. <br/><br/> unknown books
122469Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 11 pages of descriptive text & 2 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 2 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Bonnetier de la Foule from volume II of plates. Plates are numbered 1-2. 2 pages 246 & 523 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Bonnet des flamines.7 pages 94 324-328 & 564 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including information on Barrette La bonneterie en général and Espece du bonnet ou calotte.2 pages 312 & 313 from volume DVI of the Encyclopédie including Les bonnets des anciens orientaux appellès tiares.These two plates display the practices and tools used in the manufacture of hosiery in particular felt socks. The articles which accompany and help explain these plates were contributed by a variety of encyclopédists including Diderot himself Edme-François Mallet Guillame le Blone François-Vincent Toussaint Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville and Urban Vandenesse. The articles also examine various pieces of headwear for instance the tiara and the calotte. unknown books
122491Paris 1765. Folio 253 x 393mm. 6 pages of descriptive text & 3 loose plates with their accompanying 4 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 3 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Epinglier from volume IV of plates. Plates are numbered 1-3 and plates 2 and 3 are double.1 page 210 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Réunion de leur communauté à celle des aiguilliers.5 pages 804-808 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 including Observations sur le corps des épingliers à Paris.With detailed text from both the plates and letterpress volumes of the Encyclopédie this suite on the manufacture of pins is a useful guide to the methods used in the 18th-century when creating hatpins hairpins and anumber of other forms of pin. The main text entry was contributed by Delaire an expert of the manufacture of needles pins etc. Further more specific pin-related entries were contributed by Antoine-Gaspard Boucher d'Argis a French lawyer. unknown books
122488Paris 1772. Folio 253 x 393mm. 5 pages of descriptive text & 4 loose plates with their accompanying text sheets. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 4 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Vitrier from volume X of plates. Plates are numbered 1-4. 1 page 945 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 including information on Gresoir.1 page 791 from volume X of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Moule ou lingotiere.1 page 780 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Tire-plomb.1 page 343 from volume DVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Rouet à filer le plomb.1 page 363 from volume DVII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on La vie & les ouvrages de M. Abraham Moivre.Written by Jaucourt the text which accompanies these plates gives a brief introduction to glazing and the Parisian community of glaziers. The plates themselves examine 18th-century methods of cutting and installing glass as windows paying particular attention to the tools used. unknown books
122471Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 2 pages of descriptive text & 3 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 3 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Boursier from volume II of plates. Plates are numbered 1-3. 1 page 374 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Police & réglemens concernant ce corps à Paris1 page 221 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Arrêt qui a réglé les limites entre les boursiers & les peaussiers de Paris.These plates serve as a useful guide to the manufacture of a variety of caps parasols and boxes. There is also a plate dedicated to the production of leather breeches. Furthermore a series of articles from the text volumes of the Encyclopédie help explain these crafts and goods with contribution by a number of notable Encyclopédists such as Edme-François Mallet. hardcover books
122584Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 21 pages of descriptive text & 2 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 2 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Diamantaire from volume III of plates. Plates are numbered 1-2. Plate 1 is continued on a second sheet.Also with the relevant entries listed under Diamant in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol 1 17801 page 145 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 which includes information on Bâton à égrifer1 page 193 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 which includes information on L'outil appellé coquille1 page 764 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 which includes information on Lien de fer1 page 124 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes Tenailles4 pages 938-941 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 including information on Les diamants en général under Diamant1 page 877 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including information on Le palais ducal à Florence under Diamant1 page 687 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 including information on Le défaut appellé glace under Diamant1 page 849 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Progrés under Diamant1 page 282 from volume IX of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on La maniere under Diamant2 pages 588 & 594from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 describing La gravure sur les diamants under Diamant1 page 634 from volume XIV of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes Procédé par lequel on change le saphir en diamant under Diamant1 page 802 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 on Table du diamant under Diamant2 pages 417 & 876 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 on Les topases & les saphirs and L'ouvrage de Tavernier under Diamant3 pages 710-712 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes Les experiences qui prouvent la singuliere volatilité du diamant under DiamantWith some browning to a few leaves.These plates thoroughly examine the systems of pulleys and wheels involved in the precise art of cutting diamonds. Artisans are shown at work and different blades and grinders are displayed. The main and supplementary articles on Diamant are also included to help explain the art as it was in the eighteenth-century as are entries on Lapidaire Saphir Baton à Égriser Coquille Epée and Tenailles. unknown books
122489Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 1 page of descriptive text & 3 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 3 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Découper et Gaufreur d'etoffes from volume III of plates. Plates are numbered 1-3.1 page 704 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Communauté des découpers à Paris.With the text entry for Découpeur these plates are a useful guide to 18th-century fabric cutting and embossing. The first plate shows a woman at work on a strip of fabric and the tools she uses to cut the various patterns and shapes are displayed below. The following two plates are a close examination of the presses and rollers used in the embossing of fabrics. unknown books
18141296344London: Henry Colburn 1814. Hardcover. Octavos 2 volumes; Poor; 3/4 bound in brown leather marbled boards; paneled spines one compartment with burgundy label one with an ex-library sticker label on volume 1 has been lost; severe wear and rubbing to boards and binding; gutter visible on ffep of volume 1 with front board and spine detached from text block but attached to rear board at hinge volume 2 nearly detached in a similar manner but still held together; ex-library with usual stamps bookplates and stickers; volume 2 lacking front endpapers all pages after 486;. 1296344. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Henry Colburn hardcover books
122538Paris 1762. Folio 253 x 393 mm. 3 pages of descriptive text & 3 loose plates. Slight browning tomargins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 3 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Agriculture Art de Faire Éclore les Poulets from volume I of plates. Plates are numbered 1-3.3 pages 200-202 from volume XIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including PouletsWith some browning to a few leaves.This examination of chickens and the hatching of their eggs follows closely the incubation and development of the young bird. The plates included detailed diagrams of an eighteenth-century incubator and hatchery. The suite is accompanied by an article on the chicken and its early growth also focusing closely on the methods and equipment used by the Egyptians. The research and writings of Melchisédech Thévenot M.Granger and Le P. Sicard are also explored and compared in this paper contributed by Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt the most prolific of the Encyclopédists. unknown books
122462Paris 1777. Folio 253 x 393mm. 3 pages of descriptive text and 4 loose plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 4 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Art de Faire les Pipes from the Supplementary Plates Volume. Plates are numbered 1-4. Fragment missing from the top of plate 3. 3 pages 375-377 from volume IV of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes Les pipes en général. Displaying the various stages in the manufacture of clay smoking pipes these plates are accompanied by Diderot's article on La Pipe from the Encyclopédie text volumes. unknown books
122526Paris 1763. 1 page of descriptive text & 2 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 2 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Batteur d’or fromvolume II of plates. Plates are numbered 1-2.1 page 54 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 includingLiqueur appellée fond.The opening scene of this suite is of the gold beater’s workshopwith six gold beaters a twork and using different skills. One is working by the furnacewhilst others roll and beat the metal. On display are a number of 18th-century tools which are then examined in greater depth in the rest of the plates. unknown books
122516Paris 1765. Folio 253 x 393mm. 1 page of descriptive text & 5 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 5 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Émailleur from volume IV of plates. The plates are numbered 1-3 and 1-2. Plate one is on the subject of Émailleur à la lampe. Plates 2 and 3 are on Perles fausses. The two other plates are on Peinture en Émail. A small 1 inch tear to top left corner of plate 3 causing some small loss.1 page 545 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 with the main entry for ÉmailleurWith some browning to a few leaves.This suite of plates the work of Louis-Jacques Goussier was designed as a useful guide to learning the art of enamelling. Goussier accompanied Diderot on many visits to ateliers and workshops gaining a knowledge of almost all of the crafts he wrote on and produced plates for. A number of workshop scenes help to enliven the plates which describe many aspects of the artisans' work including the production of false pearls. unknown books
176730182Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins: 2 plates displaying engraving of letters maps and music and the tools used to engrave letters sheet music maps. And two descriptive text sheets. Plates are numbered 1-2. <br/><br/> unknown books
122566Paris 1762. Folio 253 x 393mm. 21 pages of descriptive text & 2 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 2 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Armurier from volume I of plates. Plates are numbered 1-2.Also with the relevant entries listed under Armure in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol I 17801 page 796 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including Les ouvrages1 page 164 from volume III of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes information on Armuriers turcs à Constantinople13 pages 686-699 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 which includes Armure en général under Armure2 pages 9 & 62 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes information on Le foldat obligé de tenir son armure dans la plus grande propreté and Les Romains under Armure1 page 34 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes information on Bouclier que le comte de Saxe donne au foldat under Armure3 pages 157 383 & 933 from volume III of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes information on Armure dont le foldat devroit être couvert Le pique and Les anciens Grecs under ArmureWith some browning to a few leaves.These two plates display various medieval weapons and pieces of armour and include a scene with a mounted horseman and an archer and a second depicting a knight standing in full armour beside his camp. The text which accompanies this suite contains the main article on Armes contributed by Guillaume le Blond a French mathematician with a particular interest in weapons and weaponry. Further supplementary papers were contributed by Edme-François Mallet Marc-Antoine Eidous and Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. Le Blond and Bellin also contributed papers on Armée and Armure was written by Mallet. More detailed papers on Les Filets by Diderot La Hastair by Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt shields and Eidous's contribution on Le Fustibale a form of round sling are also found here among others. With articles by so many of the key Encyclopédists and eighteenth-century experts on weaponry including Louis-François la Roziere this is a very complete and impressive guide to the subject. unknown books
122562Paris 1763 and the Supplementary Plates Volume 1 1777. Folio 253 x 393mm. 8 pages of descriptive text & 4 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 3 numbered plates and descriptive text for the entry of Blanchissage des Cires from volume III of plates and an additional plate entitled Purification et Blanchissage de la cire from the supplementary volume of plates.2 pages 272 & 273 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Préparations and Comment il se faisoit autrfois et aujourd'hui3 pages 471-473 from volume III of the Encyclopédie 1753 including Les cires en général2 pages 79 & 80 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 including information on Lieu où l'on fond la cire and Maniere de la fondre1 page 434 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes L'explication des opérations de l'artWith some browning to a few leaves.This suite of four plates displays the whole process of wax-bleaching and lays out the tools used in an eighteenth-century wax factory. It is also delightfully illustrated with scenes of the workshops and the equipment in use. The plates are further described in a series of articles on Cire from the text volumes and these include contributions by Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton a naturalist of note Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt Gabriel François Venel an influencial chemist and physician and Goussier best known for his contributions to the illustration of the Encyclopédie. unknown books
122557Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 4 pages of descriptive text & 4 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 4 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Cirier from volume III of plates. Plates are numbered 1-4.Also with the relevant entries listed under Cire in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol I 17801 page 605 from volume IX of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Livres en cire1 page 634 from volume X of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on L'espece de cire dont on se sert dans la plantation & la gresse de des arbres1 page 807 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Tablettes en cire des anciens1 page 437 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes Cire dont les habitans de la Caroline font leurs bougiesWith some browning to a few leaves.This series of plates from Diderot's Encyclopédie examines the art of candle-making and the various tools and moulds used in the workshop. Several articles selected from the text volumes help explain the plates and the art further. unknown books
122467Paris 1762. Folio 253 x 393mm. 3 pages of descriptive text & 4 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 4 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Aigullier Aigullier-Bonnetier & Amydonnier from volume 1 of plates. There are two plates entitled Aiguiller and these are numbered 1-2. There is one plate entitled Aigullier-Bonnetier and another entitled Amydonier and neither of these is numbered.3 pages 203-205 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Aiguille de tailleur.These four plates from Diderot's Encyclopédie show the 18th century processes followed in the production of needles needle caps and starch. Each plate is headed with a workshop scene and displays clearly the tools used. The plates are accompanied by a lengthy article titled Aiguille and contributed by Antoine Louis famous for designing the first prototype of the guillotine. This is followed by a short subsection by Diderot on les Couteliers the profession of his father. unknown books
122563Paris 1765. Folio 253 x 393mm. 4 pages of descriptive text & 4 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 4 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Eventailliste from volume IV of plates. Plates are numbered 1-4.Also with the relevant entries listed under Eventail in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol 1 17801 page 509 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including L'article Bois3 pages 138 139 & 850 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including information on Eventails en général and Fleches d'éventailsWith some browning to a few leaves.This suite of plates charts the processes involved in the creation of a fan a key eighteenth-century fashion accessory following from the preparation of the paper and its painting to the fixing of the sticks and ribs. The text includes the entries for Eventail Eventailliste and Fleches. unknown books
