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197885575New York : Harry N. Abrams 1978. First Edition. Hardback. An exceptional set; finely bound in gilt-blocked aniline calf over buckram boards. Raised bands with uniform tooling to the compartments; slip-case housed. Uncommonly well-preserved; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 1 pages; Related item: Includes: L'Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire des sciences des arts et des metiers. Notes: Illustrations to L'Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire des sciences des arts et des metiers edited by Denis Diderot and published: Paris: Le Breton 1751-1777. New York : Harry N. Abrams hardcover
72387Paris Briasson David Le Breton 1768. Oblong folio 39.2 x 45.9 cm. Broadsheet plate with a fine large engraving with fine contemporary hand-colouring gilt border and printed caption. = This is a highly unusual contemporarily coloured copy of an exceptionally large plate showing an extraordinarily small and peculiar animal. It was published in the atlas of the first folio edition of the famous Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences des arts et des métiers and is a highlight in the history of microscopy. The massive Encyclopédie was edited and partly written by Diderot d'Alembert and Voltaire being the first true encyclopaedia epitomizing the Age of Enlightenment. Published between 1751 to 1772 it synthesized the knowledge of the time. It became not only a source of knowledge but also a political weapon on the battleground for power between secular and ecclesiastical thinkers and writers. The plate was drawn by François Nicolás Martinet and engraved by Robert Bénard after the famous image of Robert Hooke's Micrographia from 1665. Its dimensions indicate that this plate comes from a large-paper copy which according to Brunet ".sont assez rares". Brunet does not record coloured copies. Plates with modern colouring are not unheard of but this is altogether different - not only is the colouring very well done but the printed border is carefully gilted too often yellow in modern colouring. A vertical fold as always; some weak marginal fraying a short tear in the left margin; a few minor marginal spots; otherwise clean. The colouring bold and accurate. A very good copy. Exceedingly rare. Brunet 2 pp. 700-701; Nissen ZBI 4622. unknown
196667026Paris: Cercle du Livre Précieux 1966. Reprint. Leather bound. Very Good. Will require extra postage due to weight it is very heavy shipping outside of the United States is greatly discouraged!!! Folio 39 cm Ex-library with several discreet library marks including very faint library numbers on the spines. Sprinkled calf with 7 compartments in gilt on the spines. Red and green spine labels. Marbled endpapers. Silk ribbon page-markers. The extremities are rubbed and the spine ends are lightly chipped. French text. Number 840 in an edition of 3000. Chock full of lavish plates some double some folded.<br /> <br /> Ce Volume constitute la première reproduction rigoureuse et intégral de l'édition originale des planches de L'Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers mis en ordre et publiés par MM. Diderot et d'Alembert.<br /> <br /> Denis Diderot 1713-1784 was a French writer philosopher and art critic who with Voltaire to a large extent defined the French Enlightenment during the greater part of the 18th century. This is his major work a monument of the French Enlightenment and a representation of the standard of scholarly knowledge of the time and of the spirit of rationalism which pervaded 18th century thought. Cercle du Livre Précieux unknown
1787x08156<p>A. Padoue 1787. Three volumes. Two volumes of text with plates in the third. 4to. lxxvi 728: 4 979: Complete with 108 plates numbered from 1 to 118 with 10 folding plates receiving a number for each side. Publication dates 1787 1789 1790 respectively. Good. Spines chipped and cracked although hinges still sound. Some dealer prices inked to front endpapers. Hardcover. Good.</p> A. Padoue hardcover
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
309452Milan: 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
1964130237Yale University Press. Fine. 1964. Hardcover. IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text block pristine; text in French-- with a bonus offer; 0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 inches; 521 pages . Yale University Press hardcover
182139082Paris: Delauney and J.L.J. Brière 1821. THE TWO FIRST EDITIONS OF DIDEROT'S GREATEST LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL MASTERPIECE. The first item published by Delaunay in 1821 is actually a re-translation into French of Goethe's German translation. vii 262 pp complete with the publisher's catalogue and the frontispiece depicting the title character with a crazed expression. The second item published in 1823 but dated 1821 is the first edition of the true French text. 3 XXVII 394 pp complete with the "table chronologique des uvres de Diderot" which is often missing. 8vos. The first item is bound late 19th-century three-quarters morocco and decorated boards. ORIGINAL WRAPS AND BACKSTRIP PRESERVED. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. A bit of wear to extremities of binding but internally fine and bright. The second item is bound in recent white ivory boards. Some discoloration to paper as always but otherwise fine and bright. AN OUTSTANDING SET OF THE TWO FIRST EDITIONS OF ONE OF THE GREAT MASTERPIECES OF THE EUROPEAN LITERARY TRADITION. <br/><br/> Delauney [and] J.L.J. Brière paperback
1762B3 - LA - HAY199481762. A Paris Chez Briasson David Le Breton et Durand. relié plein veau de l'époque. Mors fendus en tête et en pied 3 coins usés ; nombreuses épidermures sur les plats ; l'intérieur texte et planches est exempt de rousseurs et exceptionnellement frais ; bon exemplaire. in-folio . avec 251 planches dont certaines sur doubles pages sur les 269 annoncées première Livraison ; dos à 6 nerfs avec caissons ornés de doubles filets d'encadrement et motifs floraux dorés pièce de titre et de tomaison en maroquin brun et vert avec doubles filets d'encadrement et caractères dorés ; toutes tranches rouges. unknown
1964412377Paris: Cercle du Livre Precieux 1964-1966. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Complete six volume set leather bound limited to 3000 copies #789. Modern mottled leather raised bands red and green leather spine labels marbled endpapers compartments decorated in gilt. Modern mottled leather raised bands red and green leather spine labels marbled endpapers compartments decorated in gilt. Most pages are plates with many fold-outs red ribbon markers. An astonishing collection of engravings with accompanying keys text in French covering a wide range of subjects including Mathematical figures astronomy military formations and tactics navigation marine signaling hydraulics and so on. Most of the plates fold out sometimes with two folds. Facsimiles of the 1762-1772 set. Huge heavy volumes that make overseas shipping prohibitive. Very good plus with only the front fly leaf in Volume 6 gone. Record # 412377 Cercle du Livre Precieux hardcover
72386Paris Briasson David Le Breton 1768. Oblong folio 39.7 x 67.6 cm. Broadsheet plate with a fine large engraving with fine contemporary hand-colouring gilt border and printed caption. = This is a highly unusual contemporarily coloured copy of an exceptionally large plate showing an extraordinarily small and peculiar animal. It was published in the atlas of the first folio edition of the famous Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences des arts et des métiers and is a highlight in the history of microscopy. The massive Encyclopédie was edited and partly written by Diderot d'Alembert and Voltaire being the first true encyclopaedia epitomizing the Age of Enlightenment. Published between 1751 to 1772 it synthesized the knowledge of the time. It became not only a source of knowledge but also a political weapon on the battleground for power between secular and ecclesiastical thinkers and writers. The plate was drawn by François Nicolás Martinet and engraved by Robert Bénard after the famous image of Robert Hooke's Micrographia from 1665. Its dimensions indicate that this plate comes from a large-paper copy which according to Brunet ".sont assez rares". Brunet does not record coloured copies. Plates with modern colouring are not unheard of but this is altogether different - not only is the colouring very well done but the printed border is carefully gilted too often yellow in modern colouring. Two vertical fold as always; a few minor marginal spots otherwise clean. The colouring bold and accurate. A very good copy. Exceedingly rare. Brunet 2 pp. 700-701; Nissen ZBI 4622; PMM 200. unknown
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
1773elala1661<p>London: 1773. 1773. 5 Volumes. 8vo. with half-titles in Vols. II-V. folding table. 10 engraved plates. contemporary mottled calf gilt backs several joints cracked extremties rubbed a few gatherings foxed. Included are four works which are not by Diderot: Le Code de la Nature by Morelly Les Principes de Philosophie Morale by Étienne Beaumont La Justification de Plusieurs Articles de l'Encyclopédie by Abbé Monlinot and Lettre au P. Berthier sur le Matérialisme by Abbé Coyer. Quérard II 455. Tchemerzine IV 462. Hardcover.</p> London: 1773. hardcover
1829elala1448Paris: Furne Et Ladrange 1829. 1829. 15 Volumes. 8vo. with half-titles. original bds. some light to moderate foxing throughout Vol. XIII headpiece worn & with short splits in upper joints dampstaining to Vol. IX spine. Second and Best Edition greatly enlarged of the Correspondance Littéraire edited by Jules Taschereau. WITH: GRIMM Frédéric Melchior Correspondance Inédite Et Recueil De Lettres Poésies Morceaux Et Fragments Retranchés Par La Censure Impériale En 1812 Et 1813. 16 Volumes in total. First Edition of the Correspondance Inédite edited by Chéron and Thory. The German Baron Grimm was introduced to Parisian literary society through his friendship with Jean Jacques Rousseau and this led to a close association with the Encyclopédistes in particular with Denis Diderot. In 1753 he began a literary correspondence with various German sovereigns which he managed to carry on during temporary absences from France with the help of Diderot and Mme dÉpinay. The correspondence consisted of two letters a month until 1773 and Grimm eventually counted among his subscribers Catherine II of Russia Stanislas Poniatowski King of Poland and many princes of the smaller German states. His correspondence which embraces the entire period from 1753 to 1790 was strictly confidential and was not divulged during his lifetime. It is one of the most celebrated of the eighteenth century. "At first Grimm contented himself with enumerating the chief current views in literature and art and indicating very slightly the contents of the principal new books but gradually his criticism became more extended and trenchant and he touched on nearly every subject political literary artistic social and religious which interested the Parisian society of the time. His notices of contemporaries are somewhat severe and he exhibits the foibles and selfishness of the society in which he moved; but he was unbiased in his literary judgments and time has only served to confirm his criticisms. In style and manner of expression he is thoroughly French. He is generally somewhat cold in his appreciation but his literary taste is delicate and subtle; and it was the opinion of Sainte-Beuve that the quality of his thought in his best moments will compare not unfavourably even with that of Voltaire. His religious and philosophical opinions were entirely negative." Encyc. Britann 11th Edn. Also noteworthy here are Diderots contributions in particular his accounts of the annual exhibitions of paintings in Paris: "These Salons are among the most readable of all pieces of art criticism. They have a freshness a reality a life which take their readers into a different world from the dry and conceited pedantries of the ordinary virtuoso. As has been said by Sainte-Beuve they initiated the French into a new sentiment and introduced people to the mystery and purport of colour by ideas." Encyc. Britann. 11th Edn. Many of Diderots writings were not published in his lifetime circulating only in manuscript and eventually appearing here with his friend Grimms correspondence. Brunet II 1740-41. Cioranescu 32482-83. Quérard III 1136-38. Vicaire III 1136-38. 1st Edition. Paris: Furne Et Ladrange, 1829. unknown
1224<p>The Encyclopédie by Diderot and D'Alembert. Franco Maria Ricci 1975-1980. A project from the 1970s by Franco Maria Ricci to reprint the Encyclopédie published between 1751 and 1772. The edition edited by Ricci consists of eighteen volumes: twelve contain all the engravings five contain the most significant entries and one contains a series of unpublished essays. Complete work in 18 volumes. Editorial silk binding with titles and gold impressions on the covers. Original acetate dust jacket. Format 41x28 cm. Over 11000 pages in total. Editorial silk binding with gold titles and impressions on the covers. Each volume has an original acetate dust jacket with a cardboard slipcase. The first 12 volumes contain over 3200 plates some of which are double or triple folded while the next five volumes contain the most significant entries in the French language. The eighteenth volume with a prologue by Jorge Luis Borges includes essays writings and authoritative contributions on the work and the Enlightenment era. Limited edition of 3000 numbered copies. Excellent condition.</p> Franco Maria Ricci hardcover
1964815<p>Paris: Cercle du Livre Precieux 1964. Hardcover. Very good. Complete in six folio volumes each 15 1/2" x 10 3/4" bound in fine leather with red and green title panels and gilt to the spines. Print run limited to 3000 copies of which this is No. 817. Most of the pages consist of plates many double page and fold out on a dizzying array of subjectsA translation of the colophon states "This volumes constitutes the first and complete reproduction of the original edition of the plates of L'Encycloedie ou Dictionairre Raisonne Des Sciences Des Arts Et Des Metiers assembled and published by MM Diderot et d'Alembert."The Encyclop�die ou Dictionnaire Raisonn� des Sciences des Arts et des M�tiers Encyclopedia or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences Arts and Crafts and known as the Encyclop�die is undoubtedly one of the most significant intellectual works of the 18th century. Published between 1751 and 1772 under the direction of philosopher Denis Diderot and mathematician Jean d�Alembert the Encyclop�die contains 71818 articles covering all fields of knowledge of the time. Over 150 literary scholars other types of scholars and various specialists including doctors botanists chemists and physicists worked together on this ambitious and costly collaborative project. The Encyclop�die is the product of the Enlightenment philosophical movement in Europe.and sought to democratize access to knowledge.- Library of Parliament.Diderot and the other contributors advocated for the secularization of learning away from the Jesuits. Aiming to incorporate all of the world's knowledge into the Encyclop�die they hoped that the text could disseminate all this information to the public and future generations thereby furthering the democratization of knowledge.</p> Cercle du Livre Precieux hardcover
187756018n128Paris: Garnier Freres 1877. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Published 1877-79. 16 volumes in matching contemporary quarter morocco over marbles boards. Edges speckled; marbled endpapers. Some moderate wear and scuffing to covers and edges. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a very sound and handsome intact and completely workable set. Garnier Freres Hardcover
176032903-246Paris and Neuchâtel Briasson David a.o. c. 1760. 12 pp. of text. Folio. Boards. Paris and Neuchâtel Briasson David a.o. c. 1760. First edition. On locksmith work excerpt from: "Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences des arts et des metiers". (Paris and Neuchâtel, Briasson, David, a.o. hardcover
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
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
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<br /> 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. unknown
179119464<p><b>1791 Diderot Encyclopedia Plates ROME Colosseum Pantheon Architecture Machines</b></p><p>Through the mid-18th-century large collections of knowledge were relegated to specific areas of study like law medicine or religion. However Denis Diderot's '<i>Encyclopedie'</i>changed the public's knowledge base as well as setting a standard for future generations of acquiring knowledge on many different subjects. This was the first encyclopedia to include contributions from many different named writers. It also was the first encyclopedia to describe work-related topics like agriculture engineering cooking and trade.</p><p>One of the aspects that made this work so desirable was the incredible detailed full-page engravings. In fact the illustrations themselves were so sought-after that they were of published on their own apart from the encyclopedia.</p><p>This volume of '<i>De Planches'</i> or the plates from Diderot's encyclopedia include some of the following engravings:</p><p>· Ancient and modern alphabet</p><p>· Ancient Rome architecture</p><p>o Colosseum arches Pantheon</p><p>· Weapon making</p><p>· Agriculture tools gardening</p><p>· Weaving clothes making</p><p>o Needle making</p><p>· Rustic economics – windmills</p><p>Item number: #19464</p><p>Price: $1500</p><p>DIDEROT Denis</p><p><b><i>Recueil De Planches du dictionnaire raisonne des sciences des arts et des metiers… tome 4</i></b></p><p>A Berne : Chez BeÌat Louis Walthard 1791.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages </p><p>o 48</p><p>o <b>86 engraved plates folding and full-page </b></p><p>· Language: French</p><p>· Binding: Leather; secure</p><p>· Size: ~10in X 8in 25.5cm x 20cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>19464</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> BeÌat Louis Walthard hardcover
179219467<p><b>1792 Diderot Encyclopedia Plates Inventions CANNONS Horses Gunpowder Bell Towers</b></p><p>Through the mid-18th-century large collections of knowledge were relegated to specific areas of study like law medicine or religion. However Denis Diderot's '<i>Encyclopedie'</i>changed the public's knowledge base as well as setting a standard for future generations of acquiring knowledge on many different subjects. This was the first encyclopedia to include contributions from many different named writers. It also was the first encyclopedia to describe work-related topics like agriculture engineering cooking and trade.</p><p>One of the aspects that made this work so desirable was the incredible detailed full-page engravings. In fact the illustrations themselves were so sought-after that they were of published on their own apart from the encyclopedia.</p><p>This volume of '<i>De Planches'</i> or the plates from Diderot's encyclopedia include some of the following engravings:</p><p>· Cannon making</p><p>o Gunpowder decorative art cannons</p><p>· Equestrian statues – art of horses and horse riders molds</p><p>· Engraving making</p><p>· Bell towers and bell ringing</p><p>Item number: #19467</p><p>Price: $1500</p><p>DIDEROT Denis</p><p><b><i>Recueil De Planches du dictionnaire raisonne des sciences des arts et des metiers… tome 7</i></b></p><p>A Berne : Chez BeÌat Louis Walthard 1792.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o 73-143 1</p><p>o <b>87 engraved plates folding and full-page </b></p><p>· Language: French</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~10in X 8in 25.5cm x 20cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>19467</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> BeÌat Louis Walthard hardcover
179219468<p><b>1792 Diderot Encyclopedia 89 Plates PRINTING PRESS Anvil Forges Marble Working</b></p><p>Through the mid-18th-century large collections of knowledge were relegated to specific areas of study like law medicine or religion. However Denis Diderot's '<i>Encyclopedie'</i>changed the public's knowledge base as well as setting a standard for future generations of acquiring knowledge on many different subjects. This was the first encyclopedia to include contributions from many different named writers. It also was the first encyclopedia to describe work-related topics like agriculture engineering cooking and trade.</p><p>One of the aspects that made this work so desirable was the incredible detailed full-page engravings. In fact the illustrations themselves were so sought-after that they were of published on their own apart from the encyclopedia.</p><p>This volume of '<i>De Planches'</i> or the plates from Diderot's encyclopedia include some of the following engravings:</p><p>· Forges</p><p>o Anvil and anchor forging</p><p>· Print type printing printing press</p><p>· Marble working</p><p>Item number: #19468</p><p>Price: $1500</p><p>DIDEROT Denis</p><p><b><i>Recueil De Planches du dictionnaire raisonne des sciences des arts et des metiers… tome 8</i></b></p><p>A Berne : Chez BeÌat Louis Walthard 1792.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o 41 1</p><p>o <b>89 engraved plates folding and full-page </b></p><p>· Language: French</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~10in X 8in 25.5cm x 20cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>19468</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> BeÌat Louis Walthard hardcover
179319471<p><b>1793 Diderot Encyclopedia Plates TOBACCO Sugar Plantations Silk Weaving Plumbing</b></p><p>Through the mid-18th-century large collections of knowledge were relegated to specific areas of study like law medicine or religion. However Denis Diderot's '<i>Encyclopedie'</i>changed the public's knowledge base as well as setting a standard for future generations of acquiring knowledge on many different subjects. This was the first encyclopedia to include contributions from many different named writers. It also was the first encyclopedia to describe work-related topics like agriculture engineering cooking and trade.</p><p>One of the aspects that made this work so desirable was the incredible detailed full-page engravings. In fact the illustrations themselves were so sought-after that they were of published on their own apart from the encyclopedia.</p><p>This volume of '<i>De Planches'</i> or the plates from Diderot's encyclopedia include some of the following engravings:</p><p>· Tobacco and sugar – growing harvesting refining</p><p>· Hide tanning</p><p>· Silk weaving</p><p>· Plumbing tools and parts</p><p>· Tool making</p><p>Item number: #19471</p><p>Price: $1500</p><p>DIDEROT Denis</p><p><b><i>Recueil De Planches du dictionnaire raisonne des sciences des arts et des metiers… tome 12</i></b></p><p>A Berne : Chez BeÌat Louis Walthard 1793.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o 59 1</p><p>o <b>75 engraved plates folding and full-page </b></p><p>· Language: French</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~10in X 8in 25.5cm x 20cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>19471</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> BeÌat Louis Walthard hardcover
