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19541604031Les Éditeurs Français Réunis Paris 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed Limited edition. 1/100 signed by Picasso of a total limited edition of 530. Picasso illustrated this essay of Diderot's with four portraits of the great thinker whose mind "anticipated and epitomized moral psychological and social opportunities and stresses attending the assimilation of science into culture" DSB 4: 84. The portraits are reproduced in lithograph print form by Mourlot Frères Paris. There were also 430 copies printed on vélin pur Lafuma. Text in French. Housed in publisher's slipcase. One of the smallest signed limited editions by Picasso. Les Éditeurs Français Réunis, Paris hardcover books
174566927Principes de la philosophie moral DIDEROT Denis. Principes de la philosophie morale ou essai de M. S.sur le mÈrite et la vertu. Avec rÈflexions. Amsterdam: chez Zacherie Chatelain 1745. First edition. xxx 297 1 blank 10 tables des matiËres errata pp. With title-vignette two engraved frontispieces one for each part and two head-pieces by Fessard after Durand. Citron morocco gilt back with raised bands gilt triple-rule border on sides with gilt stamped floral ornament in corners inner gilt-dentelles all edges gilt. Lower cover slightly discolored otherwise a beautiful copy. Housed in a custom brown cloth clamshell. "Rather a paraphrase than a translation of Lord Shaftesbury's An Inquiry Concerning Virtue and Merit. Yet it is a very important work indeed for the growth and development of his thought. It was Diderot who furnished the RÈflexions in a preliminary discours and lengthy footnotes to which students of Diderot now turn for precious indications of the unfolding of his ideas.It will be noticed that the French version is anonymous neither Shaftesbury's name nor that of the translator was mentioned. The reason was that there was some danger involved in presenting to the French public a work that declared so boldly for the existence of a natural morality independant of any particular religion or church" Arthur M. Wilson Diderot p. 50. Tchemerzine-Scheler II p. 916. Thomas A checklist of major French authors in Oxford libraries 1526-1800 p. 47. HBS 66927. $5000 chez Zacherie Chatelain hardcover books
176730188Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins: The 37 plates includes two sections : first section numbered 1 -11 plates are drawings describing the Pipe Organ with minute details. Plate 11 is an index to a tuning scale. Second section plates numbered 1- 22 describes foreign ancients modern instruments & percussion plus different sorts of beautifully made instruments. Plate 10 on this section is doubled and on which described all tools needed in the making of the wind instruments. Plate 13 is damaged with a missing corner affecting text and border but not drawings. Plate 22 is double page. Four descriptive text sheets. <br/><br/> unknown books
122463Paris 1772. Folio 253 x 393mm. 25 pages of descriptive text and 57 loose plates with their accompanying 5 text sheets. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 57 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Verrerie from volume X of plates. There are fives sets of plates in this suite. The first is entitled Verrier en bois and has twenty-two numbered plates with seven doubles 1-4 19 20 and 21. The second set also entitled Verrier en bois contains nineteen numbered plates of which five are doubles 2 4 19 20 21. The third set entitled Verrier Angloise has 3 numbered plates that are all single plates. The last set contains 4 numbered plates which are also all single. Also with the relevant entries listed under Verrier in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol II. 1780. 2 pages 605 & 856 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Les arches du four and Attremper un pot.4 pages 92 393 504 & 837 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Barres Comment le tiseur fait la braise Cachere dans les verries en bouteilles and La maniere de couper le verre.2 pages 219 & 243 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1756 including information on L'usage de la fougere en verrerie and Les fourneaux.16 pages 102-115 & 155-156 from volume XVII of the Encyclopédie including La verrerie en général. 1 page 156 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes information on Communauté de marchands verriers ou fayanciers établie à Paris Verrier. unknown books
122555Paris: 1772. Folio 253 x 393mm. 56 pages of descriptive text & 136 loose plates with their accompanying 20 text sheets. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 135 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Soierie from volume XI of plates. Plates are numbered 1-135 with twenty-three double plates. The double plates are plates 8-12 31 31 60-65 91-93 114 116 130 132-135. Also included is a plate entitled Education de Vers à Soye the raising of silk worms. This plate is not numbered.Also with the relevant entries listed under Soie in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol II 17802 pages 236 & 574 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Essets de l'air de certains pays fur les soies and L'ouvrage de soie d'araignée1 page 554 from volume III of the Encyclopédie 1753 including information on Premiere femme qui dévida la soie1 page 756 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 including Dégorger les soies1 page 790 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including Fil de lacs fil de remisse1 page 366 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 including Préjudice que les manufactures de soie peuvent faire à l'agriculture1 page 14 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Introduction des habits de soie à Rome2 pages 357 & 749 from volume IX of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Soie légis and Lustrage de la soie1 page 867 from volume X of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on La soie du pays de Murcie1 page 428 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on La soie persienne1 page 100 from volume XIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Sully et le royaume de France1 page 97 from volume XIV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Remonter les soies40 pages 268-307 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including La soie en général1 page 340 379 & 906 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Petite tire dans le travail de la soie Toile de soie and Les soies de Piédmont1 page 711 from volume XVII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including La soie de CéosWith some browning to a few leaves. (1772). Folio unknown books
176730191Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins: This suite of 71 plates comes in divided sections and each section is devoted to the explanation of a different branch of science thus each one of these 17 sections is numbered individually followed by 16 text pages. GÉOMÉTRIE 5 plates numbered 1-5 are an extensive work showing all the figures and instruments used in the practice of science of geometry. TRIGONOMÉTRIE 2 plates numbered 1-2 demonstrate the relationship involving lengths and angles of triangles and shows how this science emerged from applications of geometry to astronomical studies. ARPENTAGE 3 plates numbered 1-3 illustrate the science of surveying it's tools and the way are used in land and sea mapping . These science is known since human built the first large structures. ALGEBRE ET ARITHMÉTIQUE 2 plates numbered 1-2 demonstrat figures practiced in this science and on plate two we have the Machine of Arithmétique de Pascal figures in three dimensions. SECTIONS CONIQUES 3 plates numbered 1-3 contains figures practiced in conic section . ANALYSE 2 plates numbered 1-2 display figures used in this branch of science. MECHANIQUE 5 plates numbered 1 to 5 illustrate simple machines levers balances screws pulleys etc. and diagram their functions. HYDROSTATIQUE HYDRODYNAMIQUE et HYDRAULIQUE 3 plates numbered 1-3 display fountains instruments such as the Archimedan Screw MACHINES HYDRAULIQUES 2 plates numbered 1-2 show detail Marli's impressive machine. 1 plate unnumbered contains different views of sewer reservoir pump. 1 plate unnumbered describes the fire pump and arm pump. This plate has 2 inches nicely repaired tear at top. 2 plates numbered 1-2 are drawings detailing the machine of scientist Dupuis. 1 plate unnumbered displays the windmill of Meudon. This mill is located in the park of the castle of Meudon near the farm of Vibon. We see all the internal mechanism in this plate and it is to show it the cage which contains it all around has to destroyed. 2 plates numbered 1-2 these plates show six figures detailing the harmonious work of the implements in the Machine of Nymphembourg. This machine is the invention of the Count de Whal. It is empowered to raise the water at sixty feet in height. 5 plates numbered 1-5 describe and display all the parts internal and external of the Water Mill. 4 plates numbered 1-4 are impressive views of the Noria water wheel. This is an ancient invention 1 plate unnumbered contains a scene of Canal et Écluses Canal and Locks. 6 plates numbered 1-6 are figures and plans of fire pompe. Thaïs machine has been employed in the Bois de Boffu near Saint-Guilain in the Province of Hainault. Plates 4 5 are internal views of the steam pompe while is it on pate 6 is profile of the Giant cylinder and other tools. 1 plate unnumbered showing four aspects of the filtering fountain. OPTIQUE 6 plates numbered 1-6 show attractive images of optics such relative to glasses lenses colors magnitude lanterns virtual focus and more. PERSPECTIVE 2 plates numbered 1-2 represent drawings of perspective distortion visual graphical aerial and geometry and the effect of visual perspective in graphic arts. ASTRONOMIE 26 plates numbered 1-26 are beautifully representing the instruction and the making of instruments used in this science and the way are used GEOGRAPHIE 3 plates numbered 1 1 2 represent construction and usage of maps and world map measurement of inaccessible distances. Plate tow is construction des globes. GNOMONIQUE 2 plates numbered 1-2 showing projections and equipment NAVIGATION 1 plate showing an astrolabe maps and other instuments. . INSTRUMENS DE MATHEMATIQUES 3 plates numbered 1-3. First plate opens with an attractive atelier displaying two craftsmen involved in the making of the instruments described on the rest of the plates. PHYSIQUE 5 plates numbered 1-5. Aurora borealis water spouts snowflakes scientific instruments PNEUMATIQUE 3 plates barometers thermometers an air-gun wind mills anenometer. <br/><br/> unknown books
122529Paris 1771. 62 pages of descriptive text & 105 loose plates with theiraccompanying 50 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slightbrowning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 47 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Histoire Naturelle Minéralogie and Métallurgiefrom volume VI of plates.There are a total of thirty sets of plates in this suite each covering a different aspect of this topic. All plates are numbered with their position in their set unless the set contains only one plate. There are a total of 26 double plates with one triple plate. In the penultimate set entitled Ardoiserie de la Anjou Plate 1 is spread over five sheets and Plate 2 is spread over two sheets. The largest suites are titled Travail de cuivre and Fabrique des Poudres à Canon.The following is a list of all the various titles for all the suite’s setswith the number of plates in brackets: Géometrie Souterraine 1 Sonde de Terre 3 Instrumens des Mines 2 Coupe d’une Mine 3 Lavoir et Bocard 1 Calcination des Mines 2 Mercure 1 Minéralogie et Métallurgie 3 Travail deCuivre 10Calamine 6 Etain 1 Travail du Fer-Blanc 3 Machines de Pontpéan 5 Plomb 1 Fonte de Bismuth 1 Travail de Zinc 1 Fourneaux pour le Colbalt & de l’Arsenic 1 Travail de Soufre 3 Extraction du Salpêtre 4 Raffinage du Salpêtre 5 plates numbered 5-9 Fabrique de la Poudre à Canon 19 Extraction du Vitriol ou Couperose 1 Travail de l’Alun 1 Minéralogie Salines 11 Maraie Salans 5 Travail des Sels 1 Charbon Minéral ou de Terre 2 Ardoiserie dela Meuse 5 Ardoiserie de la Anjou 2 and finally Travail du Noir de Fumé 1.In total there are 51 accompanying text sheets extracted from Plates Volume VI for these sets of plates.Under Métallurgy and Métal:1 page 644 from volume II of the Encylcopédie 1751 including Composition de métal fort estimé des Caraïbes1 page 812 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 including Différence entre les métaux & les demi-métaux2 pages 189 & 984 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 including Tous les métaux triturés avec l'eau passent pour fournir un certain sel and Les essais qui doivent précéder les travaux de métallurgie 2 pages 325 & 870 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including information on Preuve sensible de l'extension des métaux par la chaleur and Fleuves qui roulent des grains de différens métaux 1 page 400 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 including Métaux qui s'unissent: métaux qui ne peuvent s'unir22 pages 273 379 428-435 & 521-532 from volume X of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Le mercur Métal Histoire Naturelle Chymie & Métallurgie en général Les métaux dans leurs mines and La formation des métaux1 page 859 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Poids dont se servent les métallurgistes 1 page 922 from volume XIV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Rapport de l'acide marin avec les métaux blancs2 pages 596 & 866 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 describing Affinité des sucs arsénicaux avec les métaux and L'origine de l'influence attribuée aux plantes sur divers métaux1 page 172 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including further information on Le mercure3 pages 286 581 & 737 from volume I of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes L'alkali De leur mêlange avec l'arsenic and more information on Le mercure1 page 630 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes Les métaux principes de couleurs dans les minéraux végétaux & animaux1 page 188 from volume III of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes Connoissance des anciens gaulois dans cet art1 page 322 from volume iV of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes Effet du mêlange de plussiers métauxUnder Minéralogie and Minéral:1 page 192 from volume III of the Encyclopédie 1753 including Exhalaisons empoisonnées des minéraux1 page 245 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 including L'ouvrage de minéralogie de Wallerius 1 page 803 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including Une même montagne des minéraux de différentes especes2 pages 133 & 708 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Moyen de découvrir si une substance minérale contient de soufre and information on Substances minérales13 pages 533-544 & 778 from volume X of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Regne Minéral Minéalisation Minérologie Minéraux and further information on Exhalaisons empoisonnées des minéraux 1 page 580 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including more information on Exhalaisons empoisonnées des minéraux1 page 362 from volume XVII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Division des substances de regne minéral en calcaires vitrifiables & réfractaires ou apyresThis vast suite of plates shows mines and earth works of an enormous size. Impressive cross-sections of shafts and images men at work in the processing halls and foundries make this one of the most visually compelling suites from Diderot’s Encyclopédie. However these are not only attractive depictions of eighteenth-century mining and Earth Sciences they are a comprehensive guide to the operation and construction of the machines and tools employed. Diderot and Goussier ‘the third Encyclopédist’ who together visited many factories and workshops around France and Europe meant the Encyclopédie as a textbook and as a way of propagating new ideas and methods. For instance one of the largest sections in this suite is devoted to the famous Pont-Péan lead mines in Brittany where innovative hydraulic machines had recently been installed. Further plates demonstrate the arts of underground surveying and geometry the renowned slate quarries of Anjoun and the refining of mercury copper gold tin zinc and cobalt. No other publication had devoted this amount of attention to the mechanical arts before and none did again until the mid-nineteenth-century. These images are of considerable significance now as one of few records of mining practices and the mining machines of the eighteenth-century particularly interesting because of their attention to detail and their useful cross-sections and disassemblies.To accompany the plates are many relevant text entries including the main articles for Mine Minéral Minéralogie Minéraux Métal and Métallurgie by Paul-Henri Thiry Baron d’Holbach a French-German philosophe and encyclopédist author of the renowned Système de la Nature ou Des Loix du Monde Physique et du Monde Moral 1780.D’Holbach contributed around four hundred articles to theEncyclopédie a number of which were translations of Germanphilosophical works.Another important paper is on Regne Minéral and is an abrigedversion of a work by Charles Le Roy a French physician and professor of medicine at Montpellier University. Géometrie Souterraine (1) unknown books
122572Paris 1772. Folio 253 x 393mm. 7 pages of descriptive text & 87 loose plates with their accompanying 10 text sheets. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 87 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Tourneur et Tour a Figure from volume X of plates. Plates are numbered 1-87.7 pages 454 457-460 & 463-464 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Le tourneur en bois and Le troisieme espece de tourWith some browning to a few leaves. unknown books
122547Paris 1763. 3 pages of descriptive text & 37 loose plates with their accompanying 3 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 33 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Lutherie from volume V of plates alongside the 6 additional plates from the supplementary plates volume. The first section contains eleven plates numbered 1-11 while the second section contains 22 plates numbered 1-22. Plate 22 in this second section is a double plate and plate 10 is continued on a second sheet. Additionally there are 4 plates from the supplementary volume of plates numbered 1-4 with two double plates plates 2 & 4. Plate 4 from the supplementary volume is damaged with a four inch horizontal tear in from the left edge.Also with the relevant entries listed under Luth in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol 1 17801 page 778 from volume IX of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on L'origine de cet instrument under Luth1 page 252 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including En quoi le théobre en differe under Luth1 page 815 from volume III of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes LuthierWith some browning to a few leaves.The first 11 plates relate to the building of a pipe organ including a ratio of stops and a tuning scale. The remaining plates cover an array of instruments old and new and the tools used to make them. A graphic interpretation of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. unknown books
178562448Paris; Liege: Panckoucke; Plomteux 1785. 9 engraved plates by Benard after Lucotte. 9 vols. 9-1/2 x 7 inches image size. Matted framed and glazed. Fine. 9 engraved plates by Benard after Lucotte. 9 vols. 9-1/2 x 7 inches image size. The complete set of these beautiful plates relating to Court Tennis "le Jeu des Paumes" from the Récueil de Planches that extraordinary illustrated supplement to the magnificent Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert. The plates depict the creation of implements and play of tennis and billiards in the late 18th century and have never been surpassed for their beauty and historical accuracy.<br/><br/>Pl. 1 - Paulmerie Jeu de Paulme et Construction de la Racquette<br/>Pl. 2 - Paulmerie Instrumens de Paulme<br/>Pl. 3 - Paulmerie Instrumens de Paulme<br/>Pl. 4 - Paulmerie Instrumens de Paulme et de Billiard<br/>Pl. 5 - Paulmerie Salle de billiard et Instrumens de Billiard<br/>Pl. 6 - Paulmerie 1er Plan d'un Jeu de Paulme quarré et Salle de Billiard<br/>Pl. 7 - Paulmerie Plan audessus des murs du Jeu de Paulme<br/>Pl. 8 - Paulmerie Coupes du Jeu de Paulme quarré<br/>Pl. 9 - Paulmerie Plans au Rez de Chaussée et audessus des murs d'un Jeu de Paulme a dedans. Panckoucke; Plomteux unknown books
122533Paris 1762. Folio 253 x 393mm. 20 pages of descriptive text & 40 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 11 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Antiquités from volume I of plates with 29 plates from the Supplementary Volume of Plates.Plates from Volume I are numbered 1-11 and plate 3 is a double plate.The 29 plates from the Supplementary volume are titled and often numbered. The first of these plates is entitled Judaiques and this is an unnumbered double plate. The second plate is entitled Babyloniennes et Egyptiennes and this is numbered. There are then four plates entitled Ruines de Palmyre and these are numbered 1-4. Four further plates on the Ruines de Baalbeck follow and these are also numbered 1-4 with one double plate. There are also two plates entitled Ruines de Athens and these are numbered. Thirteen plates are on the subject of Art and these are numbered 1-13 with 3 double plates. Two plates follow which are titled Aggleston and Catacombes de Naples. The last two plates are titled Colonne de Cussy numbered 1-2.Also with the relevant entries listed under Antiques in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol I 1780.2 pages 516 & 785 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including L'exposition de divers sentimens de plusieurs nations sur l'antiquité de monde Architecture and Les Egyptiens5 pages 22 342 388 391 & 392 from volume III of the Encyclopédie 1753 including information on Les Chaldéens Les Chinois Sentiment de M.Marsham and further information on L'exposition de divers sentimens de plusieurs nations sur l'antiquité de monde2 pages 980 & 981 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 including Les arts & les sciences and Recherches de M.Freret sur les antiquités chinois2 pages 434 & 835 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 including further information on Les Egyptiens and L'exposition de divers sentimens de plusieurs nations sur l'antiquité de monde1 page 46 from volume IX of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Maimonidès1 page 89 from volume XIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including La population du monde dans les siecles reculés1 page 652 from volume IX of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes Loix antiques des Visigoths under Antiques1 page 742 from volume XI of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes information on Graveurs qui ont excellé à imiter l'antique under Antiques1 page 268 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes information on Peinture Antique under Antiques2 pages 462 & 463 from volume I of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes Art du dessin under Antiques1 page 921 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes Force & beauté d'expression under Antiques1 page 515 from volume III of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes Importance de l'étude des antiques pour les artistes under AntiquesWith some browning to a few leaves.A selection of relevant text entries are included with these plates. Of particular note are those on Antiquité by Edme Mallet Antiquité en architecture by Jacques-François Blondel and two articles on Antique one by Marc-Antoine Eidous.Although an abbot and primarily concerned with theology Mallet also wrote on history and literature. Having studied at the Barnabites College of Montargis Mallet became a key figure in the success of the Encyclopédie. Dying before the project was completed Mallet still managed to produce over a thousand articles. Although his views are often criticised as restricted and narrow-minded he acted as a safeguard for the project which could have been suspended if the religious articles had proved too controversial. His article on antiquities is a general overview whereas Blondel's contribution focuses on architecture. After studying with Gilles-Marie Oppenord Blondel earned a living as an engraver and writer. He became a well-regarded architect also publishing many of his lectures and contributing to major works such as Augustin-Charles d'Aviler's Cours d'Architecture 1737. Founder of the École des Arts he inspired many young architects such as his fellow encyclopédist Lucotte. Praised for his Traité de la Décoration des Edifices he was also an accomplished engraver of plates. He had already produced his own encyclopedia of architecture so was well-accustomed to the practises of the encyclopedist. With numerous creative abilities as displayed in his work at the Metz Cathedral he wrote nearly five hundred articles for the Encyclopédie. Marc-Antoine Eidous was a French writer and translator born in Marseilles. Despite his relatively basic education he was a tireless writer and translator focusing mainly on philosophy travel and agriculture. After serving as an engineer in the Spanish army he devoted much of his time to literature. Best known for his work on heraldry he contributed around 450 articles. His writing has been criticised for a lack of elegance but he gives a very clear summary of the antiquities in this entry.The plates include Greek and Roman architecture Judaic antiquities armour clothing furniture and many other subjects. Of particular note are the plates showing the Pantheon the Colosseum as it would have been when built and as a ruin the Arch of Constantine the Circus of Maxentius known as the Cirque de Caracalla until the 19th-century the forum in ruins Trajan's column before the bronze figure of St. Peter was added in 1587 and St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Also displayed are some items of jewellery and ceremonial dress alongside other ornaments.There are over twice as many plates in the supplement. The suite begins with a double plate of Noah's Ark and covers the Tower of Babel the Pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza. Further plates are plans and reconstructions of Palmyra Baalbeck and Athens before the extensive 19th-century excavations. These are followed by depictions of the Apotheosis of Homer by Archelaus of Priene Achilles's shield the Roman Cussy-la-Colonne and many types of decorated chairs and lamps. Indeed two pages are dedicated solely to different types of sandal. With large and attractive illustrations such as that of the catacombs in Naples these plates of classical antiquity are particularly pleasing. hardcover books
122524Paris 1765. 41 pages of descriptive text & 52 loose plates with their accompanying 23 textsheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 52 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Forges ou Art du Fer from volume IV of plates. The first section contains ten platesnumbered 1-10. The second section also contains ten platesnumbered 1-10 although plates 1 and 2 are double plates. The third sections contains twelve plates numbered 1-12 with plates 1 and 2 being double plates. The fourth section is made up of 7 plates numbered 1-7 with plates 1 2 and 3 being double plates. There is a small about of damage to plate 5 of the fourth section.This mammoth suite of plates tackles the casting of iron beginning with images of various mines and the collecting of ore. Small and giant furnaces are examined and the casting and finishing of the iron are shown. All aspects of forging are covered in this incredible suite of plates. No guide to eighteenth-century forging is so complete and comprehensive. Also included to help explain the art are many text entries on the subject carefully selected from the Encyclopédie text volumes.These include articles by Diderot and Étienne-Jean Bouchu a pioneering French steelmaker. Furthermore an article on the casting of horseshoes was contributed by Claude Bourgelat a renowned veterinary surgeon. unknown books
122513Paris 1768 and the Supplementary Plates Volume 1777. Folio 253 x 393mm. 42 pages of descriptive text & 35 loose plates with their accompanying 7 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 29 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Histoire Naturelle Regne Animal from volume VI of plates with an additional 6 plates from the Supplementary Plates Volume. The twenty-nine plates from volume VI are numbered 1-29 with seven accompanying text sheets. This suite includes plates on land quadrupeds and sea mammals in particular.The six supplementary plates come in two sets. The first set contains four plates numbered 1-4 and these cover frogs and zoophytes in particular. The second set contains 2 plates numbered 2 & 3 and these cover hermaphrodites. Unfortunately the first plate is this set is missing.Also with the relevant entries listed under Animalité in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol I 178012 pages 88 89 98 99 122 & 468-476 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Plus il approche de l'adolescence plus il croît lentement La durée de sa vie peut se mesurer par celle de tems de l'accroissement Sels animaux Sels qui se trouvent dans le corps de l'animal Action animale and Animal Histoire Naturelle.3 pages 214 318 & 813 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Animal Bête Brute Bonté animale and Cendres animales4 pages 31-33 & 596 from volume III of the Encyclopédie 1753 including Chaleur de l'animal; principaux phénomenes qu'elle présente and La dilatation & la contraction des dimensions extérieures du corps sont essentielles à la vie de l'animal1 page 363 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including Facultés animales4 pages 35 36 51 & 110 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 including Plus les autres visceres sont petits dans un animal à proportion du sujet plus le foie est grand Fonctions animales and Accroissement & décroissement de la force de l'animal1 page 236 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including De l'animal selon la philosophie de Hobbes1 page 841 from volume X of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Mouvement animal7 pages 360-366 from volume XI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Economie animale3 pages 39 585 & 586 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including La premiere notion dans l'animal Substances animales and De l'acide animal 1 page 175 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Les corps terreux naturels tirés de regne animal: leur usage en médecine2 pages 435 & 436 from volume I of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes information on Les animals en général 1 page 490 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes information on Caractere distinctif de l'animalWith some browning to a few leaves.Contributed by François-Nicolas Martinet 1731-1800 famous for his ornithological engravings these plates display many noted mammals reptiles and amphibians. Martinet was well regarded because of his ability to depict the creatures realistically and many of his subjects are now scarce or endangered. Perhaps his most famous illustrations were those for Mathurin Jacques Brisson's Ornithologia sive Synopsis Methodica 1760-63. These visually compelling plates show creatures of all sorts from elephants to capybara and apes sloths and monkeys to cabasssou armadillos surinam toads and chameleons. Martinet's illustrations are detailed and informative although in places are charmingly naïve. Several relevant text entries follow and these include Animal by Diderot and Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton a French naturalist of note. Futher articles were contributed by Pierre Tarin Paul Jacques Malouin and Baron de Haller. leur usage en médecine2 pages (435 & 436) from volume I of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie (1776) which includes information unknown books
1979309452Milan: Franco Maria Ricci 1979. Illustrated. 12 Volumes of plates; 5 of text and one final volumes of Essays etc. Folio. Original cloth spines sunned else fine. Illustrated. 12 Volumes of plates; 5 of text and one final volumes of Essays etc. Folio. Complete. Franco Maria Ricci unknown books
1780047124Paris 1780. Disbound. Very Good Condition. Disbound sets of plates with the plate lists and descriptions comprising the section of theater floorplans and theater machines. Plans for the Théatre de Turin Salle de la Comédie de Pyon Tprdionne à Rome Théatre Royal à Naples la Salle de Spectacle de la Comèdie Françoise etc. 31 plates with an additional 13 plate supplement. The second set of plates shows designs for theatrical machines for simulating tempest tossed ships landslides fires. The plates depict the intended result and a wide shot of the apparatus and then close up of the gears that make the machines function. 49 plates. Plates ca. 15" x 10" with some folding out. undated ca. 1780. Housed in an old cloth portfolio. Some soiling to a few sheets minor flaws most plates fine or nearly so. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Inventory No: 047124. unknown books
1762100610Paris: Chez Briasson et. al 1762. Originally included in the first fascicle "livraison" of Recueil de planches sur les sciences les arts libéraux et les arts méchaniques. 6 pp. text three leaves XIV-XXXIII engraved plates illustrating. Folio. Removed. Slightly toned at edges final plate a little ragged at outer edge; otherwise lates and first leaf of text clean and sound. Originally included in the first fascicle "livraison" of Recueil de planches sur les sciences les arts libéraux et les arts méchaniques. 6 pp. text three leaves XIV-XXXIII engraved plates illustrating. Folio. WITH: Marechal Ferrant Farrier or Blacksmith with 7 engraved plates one folding Bourrelier Harness Maker et Bourrelier-Bastier with 7 plates Sellier-Carrossier Plates I II III and XVIII-XXV 11 plates Menuisier en Voiture Plates I-XXX 30 plates. Chez Briasson et. al unknown books
122582Paris 1765. Folio 253 x 393mm. 40 pages of descriptive text & 46 loose plates with their accompanying 5 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 46 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Manufacture des Glaces from volume XVII of plates. Plates are numbered 1-46 with eight double plates Plates 1 2 32 33 43-46. Plate 3 is continued on a second sheet. These plates cover a wide range of topics in particular Les glaces soufflées and Les glaces coulés.40 pages 115-154 from volume XVII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including La fabrication des GlacesWith some browning to a few leaves. unknown books
122551Paris: 1771. Folio 253 x 393mm. 10 pages of descriptive text & 35 loose plates with their accompanying 5 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 35 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Pêches Pêches de Mer Pêches de Rivieres Fabrique des Filets from volume VIII of plates. Plates are numbered 1-35. Seventeen of the plates cover Pêches de Mer and eighteen cover fishing in general for instance hooks nets and rivers.2 pages 15 & 651 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including La pêche des étangs and Cooment les Anglois préparent les feves pour servir d'appât au poisson4 pages 222-225 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Les instrumens1 page 219 from volume XIV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including L'article Rets1 page 882 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes La pêche dans les étangsWith some browning to a few leaves. (1771). Folio unknown books
122586Paris 1771. Folio 253 x 393mm. 7 pages of descriptive text & 25 loose plates with their accompanying 2 text sheets. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 25 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Sellier-Carrossier from volume IX of plates. Plates are numbered 1-25 with fourteen double plates plates 4-17.Also with the relevant entries listed under Carrosse in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol I 17801 page 793 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 including information on Separation des selliers & des éperonniers en 16781 page 934 from volume XIV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Discipline de cette communauté1 page 594 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Arcs de fer pour le ferrure de carosses under Carosse1 page 705 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Parties du carosse under Carosse2 pages 811 & 850 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including Chevaux de carosse and Fleches de carosse under Carosse1 page 537 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Rideaux de carosse appellés flores under CarosseWith some browning to a few leaves. unknown books
1749276297London 1749. hardcover. near fine. 2 volumes bound in one. 150; 4 141 7 pages with text in French. Illustrated with 5 of 6 plates in 1st volume and 3 plates in second volume. 12mo contemporary calf-backed speckled boards; gilt spine with red label. Londres: no publisher stated i. e. Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey 1749 & 1751. Near fine copy of 2 scarce titles.<br/><br/> Both titles by Denis Diderot published anonymously with a fictitious imprint "Londres 1749" on title page: Probably the 3rd or 4th edition published in Amsterdam the same year as the first edition --Adams LG4; Tchemerzine 1977 II 925d. OCLC lists only 6 copies of this edition of "les Aveugles" Cornell Stanford Dartmouth Exeter British Library & Biblioteca Nacional de Espana. "les Sourds et Muets" is one of several editions published in Paris in 1751 each with slightly varying title pages and pagination. OCLC lists 13 copies.<br/><br/> unknown books
174528011Amsterdam i.e. Paris: Chez Zacharie Chatelain 1745 1745. First edition. Tchemerzine Bibliographie d'Editions Originales ou Rares d'Auteurs Francais II 916; and see P.N. Furman Diderot A Critical Biography. Edges somewhat rubbed; hinges starting but sound; very good copy. 8vo contemporary mottled calf dark red morocco label gilt decorations and lettering. Vignette title-page two plates and two headpieces by Etienne Fessard after Louis Durand. ¶ The first book by the great French philosopher writer and polymath Denis Diderot 1713-1784 a translation of An Inquiry Concerning Virtue 1699 by Anthony-Ashley Cooper the Earl of Shaftesbury. Diderot adapted "Shaftesbury's text pretty freely adding his own interjections and digressions" - Furman. Diderot's Essai challenged the doctrine of the church which required that it be published anonymously and with a false imprint. The only evidence of authorship are the initials "M. S." in the title. Shaftesbury's essays like Lucretius's De Rerum Natura had an important influence on the young Diderot. Red oval stamp of the Bibliothèque du Clergé Paroisse St. Nicolas du Chardonnet on the title-page. <br/><br/> Amsterdam [i.e. Paris]: Chez Zacharie Chatelain, 1745 unknown books
17492305752Amsterdam: Au Pays Libre pour Le Bien Public 1749. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Paper label on spine base corners a bit rubbed minor loss of gilt bookplate of philosopher Paul Desjardins on front endpaper. 1749 Full-Leather. viii 124; iv 99 5 pp. 16mo. Original full leather gilt titles decorations and triple rule marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Two works in one volume: Essai sur la Liberte de Produire ses Sentimens attributed to either Elie Luzac or Julian Offroy de la Mettrie 1749 with Pensees sur l'Interpretation de la Nature by Denis Diderot 1754 first edition. French text. "Elie Luzac wishing to justify his publication of the book L'Homme machine had in 1749 brought out anonymously the Essai sur la liberte de produire ses sentimens. It was a crisp and well-reasoned work which contended Au Pays Libre pour Le Bien Public hardcover books
122480Paris 1763 Folio 253 x 393mm. 34 pages of descriptive text & 38 loose plates with their 6 accompanying text sheets. Slight browning to margins some heavy spotting otherwise very good. § The 38 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Dessein from volume III of plates. Plates are numbered 1-38. Plate 3 is a double plate. There are some small tears on the inside margins.Also with the relevant entries listed under Dessin Dessinateur and Dessiner in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol 1 1780.1 page 404 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including L'ouvrage du dessin dit anamorphose.2 pages 469 & 700 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including information on Dessein and Dessins formés par les combinaisons de carreaux mi-partis.3 pages 195 363 & 499 from volume III of the Encyclopédie 1753 including Dessin charbonné Beauté des choix dans le dessin and Dessin de clair-obscur1 page 889 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 including Disputes3 pages 331 406 & 981 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 including Le coloris & l'expression Effet dans le dessin and Dessin des esquisses.2 pages 749 & 774 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including Les figures géométriques and Dessin de la figure.2 pages 800-801 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Dessin à la plume.3 pages 441 469 & 881 from volume XIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Projet further information on Dessin de la figure and L'art de réduire un dessin1 page 820 from volume XIV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Premiee invention du dessin2 pages 530-531 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Dessin d'architecture appellé trait.1 page 920 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes information on Expression1 page 605 from volume 1 of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes information on L'études under Dessinateur1 page 641 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes information on L'importance du coup d'œil dans le dessinateur under Dessinateur. unknown books
122583Paris 1762. Folio 253 x 393mm. 20 pages of descriptive text & 49 loose plates with their accompanying 4 text sheets. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 37 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Art Militaire from volume I of plates with the additional 12 plates from the Supplementary Plates Volume. There are three sets of plates under this section in volume I and these are titled Exercice 5 numbered plates Evolutions numbered plates 1-15 and Fortification 17 numbered plates with plate 8 divided over two sheets. In the Supplementary Plates Volume there are another five sets of plates and these are titled Tactique des Grecs 2 numbered plates both with a 4 inch vertical incision within the left margin Tactique des Romains 3 numbered plates Art Militaire des Turcs 3 numbered plates with one double plate Fortification 1 unumbered plate and lastly Nouvelle Artillerie 3 numbered plates with two double plates one of which is continued on a second sheet. There were originally thirteen another plates in this suite from the Supplementary Plates Volume covering the topic Arms and Machines of War but these are all missing.7 pages 238-244 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including Exercices militaire des Romains1 page 1018 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 including Gymnastique militaire5 pages 511-514 & 577 from volume X of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on La discipline des Romains en général and Congés militaires1 page 250 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Peines militaires3 pages 98 537 & 858 from volume XIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Avantages des institutions militaires des anciens sur les nôtres par rapport à la population Récompenses militaires and further information on Peines militaires4 pages 101-104 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including La discipline militaire des légionsWith some browning to a few leaves.This large suite of plates covers almost all aspects of the military arts displaying many manoeuvres formations and uniforms. Furthermore illustrations of a variety of fortifications canon catapults and battle plans help to make this a broad-ranging and fascinating study of the subject. A large amount of text accompanies this suite of plates describing military strategy exercises and other topics for instance the Roman military system. These include contributions by Charles-Louis de’Authville Des Amourettes Guilluame Le Blond and Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt the aristocrat who help fund the project and who wrote aroun d one quarter of the Encyclopédie. unknown books
122515Paris 1768. Folio 253 x 393mm. 39 pages of descriptive text & 21 loose plates with their accompanying 6 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 21 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Histoire Naturelle Oiseaux from volume VI of plates. The twenty-one plates are numbered 30-50. Plate 50 is continued on a second sheet.Also with the relevant entries listed under Ornitholite Ornithologie and Ornithologue in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol II 17801 page 690 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including La différence entre les oiseaux de proie & les granivores1 page 1007 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 including further information on La différence entre les oiseaux de proie & les granivores2 pages 200 & 201 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Observations sur le mouvement de leurs paupieres and Oiseaux de nuit13 pages 433-445 from volume XI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Oiseau Ornithologie observations générales3 pages 555 557 & 560 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Oiseaux des paradis observations sur les pieds de cet oiseau and Leur pieds & leurs jambes2 pages 708 & 709 from volume XIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Leur queue11 pages 32-3 432 433 440 441 447-449 733 & 735 from volume XVII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Gésier des oiseaux Du chant & de la voix des oiseaux Chasses avec les oiseaux de proie Vol des oiseaux and Chant des oiseaux au printems2 pages 299 & 300 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes information on Observations sur leur cerveau & sur leur cervelet2 pages 123 & 124 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes information on Blason La maniere de représenter différentes especes d'oiseaux and Les pays éloignés2 pages 186 & 187 from volume IV of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes information on Ornithologie en général under OrnithologieWith some browning to a few leaves.These plates were the work of François-Nicolas Martinet 1731-1800 a French engraver and illustrator of note. One of the most influential ornithologists of his day his popularity was the result of his ability to depict the birds realistically. Perhaps his most famous illustrations were those for Mathurin Jacques Brisson's Ornithologia sive Synopsis Methodica 1760-63. His twenty-one plates here show many birds now scarce or endangered and are an essential document of eighteenth-century French ornithology. Also included is Goussier's chart of various bird bills and feet.The text entries accompanying these plates help to explain the anatomy of birds as understood at the time. These include the entries for Carnacier Estomac and Ventricule. Other articles are on owls birdsong and ornithology in general. The contributors to these sections include Pierre Tarin a French writer and doctor and Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt an aristocrat who wrote around one quarter of the completed Encyclopédie. unknown books
