[Encyclopédie Diderot & d'Alembert]Livre Rare Book
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Artificier - fireworks six plates from The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert. engravings
177727823Paris: Diderot & d'Alembert 1777. Print. Very good condition. The set of Six copper engravings showing the tools stands and products that are part of the manufacturing process of making fireworks. Plates numbered 1-6 with 145 figures.<br /> This set is complete in 6 plates but latter versions use the same individual fire works but expand the plates to 7 pages. This copy has fine fresh strik lines and ink tones.<br /> <br /> The Diderot & d'Alembert's Encyclopédie is regarded as one of the greatest works of the Enlightenment and the 18th century whose aim in Diderot's words was to "change the common way of thinking" through the expansion of knowledge and the development of critical modes of thought.<br /> <br /> Plate mark 7 x 9" on 9 x 12" cream paper. Very clean. Diderot & d'Alembert unknown
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