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122464Paris 1769. Folio 253 x 393mm. 32 pages of descriptive text & 32 loose plate sheets with their accompanying 3 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § 32 of the 33 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Manege Horsemanship from volume VII of plates. Plate 13 is missing.Also with the relevant entries listed under Trot in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol 2 1780. 2 pages 27 & 57 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including information on Utlité des exercices and Pensionaire dans une académie.1 page 850 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including information on Marchines qui peut préparer les enfans aux premiers élémens du manege. 7 pages 335 336 883-894 & 239-242 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 including information on Écoles dans les maneges L'histoire de l'art & Observations importans fur l'art du cavalier. 1 pages 685 from volume X of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Piliers dans les maneges.8 pages 453 454 451 452 454 455 & 456 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 describing Les mouvemens du cheval.1 page 709 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 Défauts du cheval.1 page 396 from volume III of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes the entry for Mouvement du trot. unknown books
176730163Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins: 32 plates divided into six suites showing engravers in ateliers equipment tools and several types of engraving: 8 plates containing attractive drawings of different steps in the art of engraving such as etching copper-plate engraving mezzotint engraving crayon engraving black engraving and including the tools needed. With their accompanying 9 text pages . Plates are numbered 1-8 and plate 1 is a double plate. <br/><br/> unknown books
1923175600Paris: Editions Rene Kieffer 1923. Hardcover. VG- front cover cleanly detached from spine easy fix preliminary pages attached by a thread. otherwise lovely. Navy leather boards with gilt stamped illustrations and spine lettering. Decorative color-illustrated end papers. 255 pp. Color illustrations. Text in French. This copy is number 191 of an edition of 600. Editions Rene Kieffer hardcover books
1771410481771. DIDEROT. Tapestry-weaving in 3 parts: 7 pp. 45 plates of which 11 are double-page. From vol. 8. Folio bound in half terra-cotta morocco over salmon cloth boards gilt. Tapissier with a view of the Boutique and the many products available therein including curtains bedspreads upholstery and so forth. With two additional suites entitled Tapisserie de basse-lisse des Gobelins and Tapisserie de haute-lisse des Gobelins which illustrate the practice of the famous Gobelins tapestry factories. These tapestries were decorated with pictorial subjects; painted; embroidered; woven in colours gold and silver thread and so forth. Alan Summerly Cole distinguishes between the practices of Gobelins and Beauvais: "At the Gobelins the warp threads are stretched in frames standing vertically high warp or haute lisse: at Beauvais in frames placed horizontally with the ground low warp or basse lisse." This suite of plates and text derives from the great French eighteenth-century Encyclopédie edited by Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond D'Alembert. The Diderot & D'Alembert Encyclopédie remains "A monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motivating force in undermining the Ancien Régime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization." Printing and the Mind of Man. hardcover books
122578Paris 1769. Folio 253 x 393mm. 17 pages of descriptive text & 30 loose plates with their accompanying 3 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 30 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Menuisier en Voiture from volume VII of plates. Plates are numbered 1-30.Also with the relevant entries listed under Voiture and Voiturier in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol II 17802 pages 129 & 444 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including information on Basternes and Brouettes2 pages 14 & 697 from volume III of the Encyclopédie 1753 including information on Chaises de poste and Voiture par terrers plus coûteuse pour les marchandises que par eau1 page 592 from volume IX of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Les Romains1 page 775 from volume XI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Usage en Asie1 page 386 from volume XIV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Observations sur les roues des voitures3 pages 426 427 & 473 from volume XVII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Voitures publiques Voitures pour porter les marchandises and Vourstes1 page 826 from volume I of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes further information on Basternes1 page 116 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes information on Caleches1 page 994 from volume IV of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes de méchanique1 page 775 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 which includes Voitures dans les états du grand feigneur under Voiturier1 page 693 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 which includes information on Déclarations des voituriers de marchandises under Voiturier1 page 72 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 which includes information on Obligations des voituriers par rapport aux bureaux des douanes and Feuilleret under Voiturier1 page 413 from volume XIV of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes information on Voituriers oyu rouliers under VoiturierWith some browning to a few leaves. unknown books
122540Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 50 pages of descriptive text & 23 loose plates with their accompanying 2 text sheets. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 23 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Chymie from volume III of plates. Plates come in two sets. The first of these contains one unnumbered plate titled Laboratoire et Tables des Rapports and this is a double and four further numbered plates titled Caracteres de Chymie. The second set in this suite has various titles and the plates are numbered 1-18. The first plate is titled Fourneaux Ustencilles &c. the following fifteen Chymia the seventeeth plate Chymia Cristallisation des Sels and the penultimate and final plates are also under Chymie. Plate 15 is continued on a second sheet.2 pages 247 & 249 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Comparaison de la chymie la poésie and Causes qui s'opposent aujourd'hui à ses progrès30 pages 408-437 from volume III of the Encyclopédie 1753 including information on La chymie en général Les chemistes célèbres and L'histoire de la chymie. 3 pages 367 731 & 732 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including La chymie hydraulique de M.le comte de la Garaye L'influence des astres établie dans la chymie par les alchymistes and Rétablie par Urbain Hierne1 page 145 from volume IX of the Encyclopédie 1765 including La description d'un laboratoire de chymie6 pages 272 339 & 339-342 from volume X of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Arnauld de Villeneuve Les explications méchaniques de la dissolution and Comment la chymie a imité la nature dans la minéralisation des métaux.1 page 201 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Partie de la chymie appellée simia par les Arabes1 page 92 from volume XVII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Avantages que la chymie a tirés de l'invention de verre1 page 880 from volume III of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes La connoissance de la chymie nécessaire au médecin5 pages 336-340 from volume IV of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes Union de la chymie & de la physiqueWith some browning to a few leaves. unknown books
1765100612Paris: Chez Briasson David Le Breton 1765. Includes Ébenisteries-Marqueterie 11 plates; Emailleur a la Lampe et Peinture en email 5 plates; Eperonnier Spur maker 16 plates; Epinglier 3 plates 2 double page Pin making; Escime 15 pp. of text 15 plates; Eventailliste 4 plates fanmaker; Fayencerie 5 pages of text 12 plates etc. Folio. Disbound plates clean. Includes Ébenisteries-Marqueterie 11 plates; Emailleur a la Lampe et Peinture en email 5 plates; Eperonnier Spur maker 16 plates; Epinglier 3 plates 2 double page Pin making; Escime 15 pp. of text 15 plates; Eventailliste 4 plates fanmaker; Fayencerie 5 pages of text 12 plates etc. Folio. 66 PLATES. Chez Briasson, David, Le Breton unknown books
176730190Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins: 14 plates including one double-page plus 1 page of descriptive text. 253 x 393mm. The folio represents all the buildings of all the royal manufacture of Langlee close to Montargis seen from the channel of Montargis and shows details of the giant mills. The drawings illustrate beautiful giant mills each one in it's own atelier & details of their mechanism plus the tools needed in the making of this art. <br/><br/> unknown books
234933hardcover. near fine. 36 full-page plates in very clean condition. Includes the list of plates in French and the lovely allegorical frontispiece for "Chirurgie" section but no actual title page. Folio rebound in recent cloth-backed marbled boards. N.P. N.D. circa 1760. Ownership information inside front cover still in near fine condition -- an uncommon collection of these medical plates.<br/><br/> 36 plates from Diderot's 18th century Encyclopedia depicting interesting medical instruments and various operations from Lithotomy and a rather horrible looking Mastectomy to Craniotomy and Amputation.<br/><br/> unknown books
1774BL4658The Hague:: Chez Gosse Fils 1774. 1774. <br /><br /> 7 volumes. 8vo. xii 4 604; viii 434; xii 612; viii 417 1; xii 416; viii 406; viii 448 pp. Half-titles vols. 1 3 5 7 7 engraved plates 7=4 meaning 7 large folding engraved maps are present as issued of which 4 are unique and 3 are duplicates again as issued vols. 1 & 2 and 3 & 4 have the same two maps each marked "Tome 1&2" - or – "Tome 3&4" V: Gulf of Mexico; VI & VII: 2 copies large folding eng. map of North America errata. <br /><br /> Original full mottled calf ornate gilt spines dual leather gilt-stamped spine labels; some wear to extremities. Unidentified rubber-stamps on half-title or titles purple: feathered crown over two crossing feather pens a ribbon draped over a rod with the word: ----bekholes. Very good set lacking the engraved portrait of the author but complete with all the text and 7 plates and 7 maps. "Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest" – Denis Diderot. EARLY EDITION first issued in 1770 of this classic that opens with the discovery of North America then thought of as the New World while looking for passage to India. This edition was edited and improved over previous editions. The work is embellished with 7 historiated "frontispiece" elaborately engraved plates located at the beginning of the narrative show indigenous peoples in natural settings. The 4 folding engraved maps depict the entire world North America including Hudson Bay and Greenland to the north and reaching as far south as the Gulf of Mexico and east to the western part of Africa and the Gulf of Mexico region reaching to the northern part of S. America. 3 additional maps repeat three of the original maps. <br /><br /> "The book examines the East Indies South America the West Indies and North America. The final chapter comprises theory around the future of Europe as a whole. Raynal also examines commerce religion slavery and other popular subjects all with a perspective from the French Enlightenment." – Wikip. <br /><br /> Born April 12 1713 at Saint-Geniez in Rouergue Raynal received a Jesuit education at Pezenas. "Collaboration was crucial to Raynal's greatest achievement as an editor and author. It was Raynal after all who shepherded into print one of the eighteenth century's most influential collective efforts the massive Histoire philosophique et politique des etablissements et du commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes a philosophical and political history . . . Printed in three "authorized" versions edited by Raynal 1770 1774 and 1780 the Histoire des deux Indes was the work of a score of authors among them Denis Diderot Jean le Rond d'Alembert Charles Pinot-Duclos and Paul-Henri Thiry The Baron d'Holbach 1723-1789. Diderot and d'Holbach denounced the tyranny of despotism which touched a nerve from the French monarchy resulting in the book being condemned by the French parliament in 1781. Raynal was exiled from France and in fact an order was issued for his arrest even though his name did not appear on the first edition of the work. <br /><br /> The Histoire des deux Indes attempted a comprehensive history of the contemporary European colonial enterprise in the Far East and the Atlantic world. Beginning with the fifteenth-century Portuguese explorations and culminating with a sweeping analysis of all colonial powers in the eighteenth century the Histoire laid bare the progress of conquest for each European nation and its trading companies. Often the 'progress' translated into the abuses made possible by the disproportionate use of force and state-sponsored trading monopolies. No colonial power was spared. . ." – Bill Marshall Cristina Johnston France and The Americas: Culture Politics And History ABC-CLIO 2005 p. 978. <br /><br /> "Diderot was one of the most forceful critics of European colonization. In his contributions to Raynal's Histoire des deux Indes he challenges the view that indigenous people benefit from European civilization and argues that the European colonists are the uncivilized ones. He claims that culture "national character" helps to inculcate morality and reinforces norms of respect but these norms tend to dissipate when the individual is far from his country of origin. According to Diderot colonial empires frequently become the sites of extreme brutality because the colonists are far away from legal institutions and informal sanctions and this weakens the habits of restraint exposing natural man's full instinct for violence Muthu 2003." – Margaret Kohn "Colonialism" Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. <br /><br /> Feugere Anatole Bibliographie critique de l'abbe Raynal. Angouleme: Impr. ouvriere 1922. See: Censure de la faculte de theologie de Paris. 1774; Morley John Diderot and the Encyclopedists London: Macmillan 1886. Chez Gosse, Fils, 1774. hardcover books
122561Paris 1767. 11 pages of descriptive text & 25 loose plates with their accompanying 17 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 25 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Fonderie des canons from volume V of plates. Plates are numbered 1-25. Plates 3 6 7 8 24 and 25 are all double plates. The editors miscounted the number of double plates as five when there are in fact six. 11 pages 606-616 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 with information on the foundry.This impressive suite of plates on the casting of canons includes many attractive double plates of different canons and the machines used to make them. The Arms of France appear on many of these as do those of Louis Auguste de Bourbon Louis XIV’s son. The creation of the canon mould and the casting of the weapon are also explained with fascinating details on the drills used to produce the correct bore.Several detailed plates also depict the casting of various weights of canon ball. Furthermore two plates examine a recent Spanishinvention an improvement on the design of the gun carriage. Theplates are supported by a number of entries under Canon dans l’art militaire. unknown books
122588Paris 1772. Folio 253 x 393 mm. 16 pages of descriptive text & 29 loose plates with their accompanying 3 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 Passementier from volume XI of plates. Plates are numbered 1-29 with three double plates Plates 5 6 & 12.Also with the relevant entries listed under Passementerie in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol II 1780.1 page 602 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including information on L'arcade en passementerie. 2 pages 56 & 147 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Bandage du battant Banque and Battant.1 page 469 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Jattes.10 pages 125-134 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including La passementerie en général Les principaux réglemens qui les concernent under Passementier.2 pages 423-424 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including La ganse ronde et la maniere de faire les peignes & les lisses.With some browning to a few leaves. unknown books
122482Paris 1769 Folio 253 x 393mm. 12 pages of descriptive text & 20 loose plates with their accompanying 3 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 20 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Menuisier en Meubles from volume VII of plates. Plates are numbered 1-20. 1 page 244 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Droits incorporels.1 page 1036 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 including information on Discussion des meubles avant les immeubles.1 page 31 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 including Les meubles & droit mobiliers suivent le domicile.2 pages 311 & 813 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including Meubles exploitables & non exploitables and Diverses observations sur les effets mobiliers.3 pages 422 510 & 512 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 including Formalités au moyen desquelles un héritage étoit réputé meuble Garde-meuble and Gardien des meubles.1 page 164 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Héritier des meubles & acquêts.2 pages 474-475 from volume X of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Les meubles en général.1 page 599 form volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Succession des meubles & acquêts.With attractive depictions of all sorts of French furniture from this period perhaps the greatest of furniture design and manufacture these plates are a visual delight. Headed by a busy and realistic studio scene this suite of plates details not only the finished articles but charts the various parts joints and dowels used. Each component of each item is examined down to the smallest detail of the finials. All items are explored from stools to the armoire and the various styles of bed. A record of 18th century French furntiture design these plates give an excellent overview of the art of cabinet-making. unknown books
1785314816Paris; Liege: Panckoucke; Plomteux 1785. 9 engraved plates by Benard after Lucotte. 2 pp. explanatory text. Folio. Extracted. In old marbled wrappers. Some marginal chipping not approaching plate marks. Engravings fresh and clean. 9 engraved plates by Benard after Lucotte. 2 pp. explanatory text. Folio. 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
176730159Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins. 17 text pages plus one folio and 25 plates . plates numbered 3 6 7 8 24 and 25 are all double plates. This 25 fascinating plates detail the art of casting cannons the machines the moulds for the casting of cannons bombs and bullets. In fact each plate from 1 to 25 is a fascinating journey through drawings of craftsmen working on different design of cannons specially on the double plates also on plates 1 2 3 display general plans of impressive furnaces foundations on minute detail. <br/><br/> unknown books
122486Paris 1771. Folio 253 x 393mm. 49 pages of descriptive text & 24 loose plates with their accompanying 2 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 24 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Sculpture en Tous Genres from volume VIII of plates. The set of plates entitled Sculpture en Terre et en Plâtre is numbered 1-5.The set of plates entitled Sculpture Mouleurs en Plâtre is numbered 1-2The set of plates entitled Sculpture en Marbre is numbered 1-3.The second set of plates entitled Sculpture en Marbre is numbered 1-5.The set of plates entitled Sculpture en Or et en Argent is numbered 1-5.The single plate entitled Sculpture en Bois is not numbered.The set of plates entitled Sculpture en Plomb is numbered 1-4.Also with the relevant entries listed under Sculpteur in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol II 1780.1 page 56 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Sculpture à Paris.1 page 493 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 including Les etudes et les ouvrages.6 pages 775-780 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including information on Les connoissances anatomiques qu'il doit acquérir.1 page 599 from volume X of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Modeles en sculpture.1 page 272 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Les anciens.11 pages 68 834-843 from volume XIV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Détails sur cet art and Sculpture antique.1 page 503 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Réflexion sur les progrès de l'art statuaire chez les anciens.1 page 819 from volume I of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes Sculpture en bas-relief.1 page 903 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes La sculpture des anciens Etrusques6 pages 55 255-258 & 358 from volume III of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes La sculpture d'école de Florence L'histoire de la sculpture Grecque and Les pieces de sculpture d'Herculanum préférables à celles de peinture. unknown books
122496Paris 1771. Folio 253 x 393mm. 1 page of descriptive text & 18 loose plates with their accompanying 2 text sheets. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 18 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Tapisserie de Basse-Lisse des Gobelins from volume IX of plates. Plates are numbered 1-18. Plates 1 2 3 11 & 14 are double plates.1 page 728 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 including Tapisseries des Gobelins. unknown books
1762100608Paris: 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. 2 pp. text one leaf 7 engraved plates illustrating the tools and craft of making fireworks in 146 images. Folio. Removed. Slightly toned at edges final plate a little ragged at outer edge; otherwise plates 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. 2 pp. text one leaf 7 engraved plates illustrating the tools and craft of making fireworks in 146 images. Folio. Chez Briasson et. al unknown books
176358559Paris: chez Briasson . David . Le Breton . Durand 1763. Foilio pp. 4 4; 44 of 47 large copperplates 8 folding being the section on minerals extracted from Diderot's famous Encyclopedie ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences des arts et des metiers; 3 of the folding plates with tears and old repairs on the versos with occasional loss the first dozen or so plates with tiny but inoffensive wormholes; contemporary full calf rather perfunctorily rebacked in brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. <br/><br/> chez Briasson ... David .... Le Breton ... Durand hardcover books
122951Paris: 1768. Folio 253 x 393mm. 59 pages of descriptive text & 11 loose plates with their accompanying 2 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 11 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Histoire Naturelle Regne Végétal from volume VI of plates. The eleven plates are numbered 94-101 with 2 accompanying text sheets. 2 pages 489 & 491 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Collection du cabinet du roi dans le regne végétal and Soin que demande dans un cabinet l'entretien des végétaux.1 page 228 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including further information on Les rapports & différences des végétaux.2 pages 182 & 871 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Observations sur la nature de la terre matrice des végétaux and Son usage dans les mets1 page 744 from volume XVII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Les animaux qui forment la nuance entre le regne végétal et le regne animal.1 page 532 from volume IV of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes further information on Les animaux qui forment la nuance entre le regne végétal et le regne animal.3 pages 233 583 610 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 which includes Causes de la végétation La nutrition des plantes and Principe qui selon quelques anciens détermine chaque végétation en son espece under Végétation2 pages 516 & 653 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 which includes information on Les anciens and Usage de feuilles dans la végétation.1 page 646 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 which includes La description de celle d'une graine under Végétation1 page 290 from volume XI of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes information on La nutrition des plantes under Végétation17 pages 710-726 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes L'explication de l'économie végétale under Végétation.1 page 746 from volume XIII of the Encyclopedie 1765 which includes information on La nutrition des plantes under Végétation.10 pages 953-962 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 includes information on Végétation Histoire Naturelle Botanique under Végétation.1 page 45 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes Etat d'imperfection où cette partie de la botanique se trouve encore and Mammelons intercutanés d'où se forment selon les circonstances des branches ou des racines under Végétarian. 16 pages 207-222 from volume III of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes Germination under Végetation. (1768). Folio unknown books
122495Paris 1771. Folio 253 x 393mm. 2 pages of descriptive text & 13 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 13 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Tapisserie de Haute-Lisse des Gobelins from volume IX of plates. Plates are numbered 1-13. Plates 1 & 7 are double plates.1 page 577 from volume IX of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Tapisserie de haute & basse lisse.1 page 897 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Tapisseries des Gobelins. unknown books
122579Paris 1772. Folio 253 x 393mm. 1 page of descriptive text & 11 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 Teinture des Gobelins from volume X of plates. Plates are numbered 1-11. Plates 1 2 & 3 are double plates.1 page 624 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes La premiere renferme la teinture des GobelinsWith some browning to a few leaves. unknown books
1748262550Paris: Chez Durand & Pissot 1748. hardcover. very good. Blakey N. Engraved vignette by N. Blakey on title and 7 folding copperplates water stain in corner of plates 6 & 7. 12 243 pages. 8vo full contemporary leather gilt spine; rubbed front hinge mended. Paris: Chez Durand & Pissot 1748. First edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/> An interesting collection with 5 sections: Principes Generaux d'Acoustique La Developante du Circle La Tension des Cordes Projet d'un Nouvel Orgue La Resistance de l'Air. -- Wolffheim I 594.<br/><br/> Chez Durand & Pissot unknown books
004149Paris: Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des Sciences des Arts et Metiers. Cloth. Near Fine. Circa 1765. Folio 39 by 25.5 cm. 4 9 pp. text and 80 plates some folding. Notwithstanding the discrepancy in the plate number in the title the folio is complete -- in the first part it would appear the doubles were counted as two plates. Shown in the first part are some of the most spectacular theaters and opera houses of the day including the Theatre de Turin the Comedie de Lyon the Theatre d"argentine in Rome and theaters in Montpellier Metz and Stuttgart. The second part is comprised of detailed drawings of the machinery that brought magic to the eighteenth century stage. The drawings are not merely depictions of equipment though but also include occasional renderings of the illusions. Generally very fresh condition. <br/><br/> Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et Metiers hardcover books
122570Paris 1769. Folio 253 x 393mm. 12 pages of descriptive text & 8 loose plates with their accompanying 16 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 8 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Forge des Ancres from volume VII of plates. Plates are numbered 1-8.6 pages 162 & 442-446 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Ancre d'affourche and Les ancres en général3 pages 339 355 & 418 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including information on Boussoirs soutenir l'ancre and Lorsque le cable s'est rompu and Brider l'ancre1 page 689 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 including Enjabler une ancre1 page 860 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 including Les grappins1 page 463 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Jas d'ancre2 pages 187 & 188 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Patte d'une ancre1 page 806 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Ancre des Chinois1 page 188 from volume I of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes further information on Ancre d'affourcheWith some browning to a few leaves.This impressive suite of plates depicts the construction of enormous anchors and the gigantic forges in which they are created. Massive levers and pulleys are used to move the components and the finished anchors which would be used on the battleships of their day. Also included are many relevant text entries most of which were contributed by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin a French philosophe and hydrographer. These include the main entry for Ancre Grappin Jas D'Ancre and those on other processes and parts. Other articles include those by Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt and Chevalier de la Coudraye a naval officer and politician. unknown books
