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122541Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393 mm. 2 pages of descriptive text & 1 loose plate with its accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 1 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Blanc de Baleine from volume II of plates. This plate is not numbered.1 page 36 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Celui qu'on tire du cachalot1 page 451 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Blanc de baleine.With some browning to a few leaves.This plate and the accompanying article by Diderot describe the process of creating fuel from spermaceti a wax most commonly found in the sperm whale. The oil remains a liquid despite freezing conditions and was used for a variety of purposes including ointments wax candles and in the textile industry. unknown books
122562Paris 1763 and the Supplementary Plates Volume 1 1777. Folio 253 x 393mm. 8 pages of descriptive text & 4 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 3 numbered plates and descriptive text for the entry of Blanchissage des Cires from volume III of plates and an additional plate entitled Purification et Blanchissage de la cire from the supplementary volume of plates.2 pages 272 & 273 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Préparations and Comment il se faisoit autrfois et aujourd'hui3 pages 471-473 from volume III of the Encyclopédie 1753 including Les cires en général2 pages 79 & 80 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 including information on Lieu où l'on fond la cire and Maniere de la fondre1 page 434 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes L'explication des opérations de l'artWith some browning to a few leaves.This suite of four plates displays the whole process of wax-bleaching and lays out the tools used in an eighteenth-century wax factory. It is also delightfully illustrated with scenes of the workshops and the equipment in use. The plates are further described in a series of articles on Cire from the text volumes and these include contributions by Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton a naturalist of note Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt Gabriel François Venel an influencial chemist and physician and Goussier best known for his contributions to the illustration of the Encyclopédie. unknown books
122469Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 11 pages of descriptive text & 2 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 2 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Bonnetier de la Foule from volume II of plates. Plates are numbered 1-2. 2 pages 246 & 523 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Bonnet des flamines.7 pages 94 324-328 & 564 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including information on Barrette La bonneterie en général and Espece du bonnet ou calotte.2 pages 312 & 313 from volume DVI of the Encyclopédie including Les bonnets des anciens orientaux appellès tiares.These two plates display the practices and tools used in the manufacture of hosiery in particular felt socks. The articles which accompany and help explain these plates were contributed by a variety of encyclopédists including Diderot himself Edme-François Mallet Guillame le Blone François-Vincent Toussaint Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville and Urban Vandenesse. The articles also examine various pieces of headwear for instance the tiara and the calotte. unknown books
122460Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 5 pages of descriptive text and 2 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 2 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Boucher from volume II of plates. Plates are numbered 1-2. 2 pages 350-352 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including La boucherie en général1 page 983 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 including information on Comment les bouchers préfervent leurs viandesdes guêpes1 page 949 from volume XI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including Communauté de bouchers très redoubtable du tems de Charles VIA useful guide to the tools used by eighteenth-century butchers in France these plates also include a gruesome abattoir scene. unknown books
122568Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 7 loose plates with their accompanying 2 text sheets. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 7 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Bourrelier et Bourrelier-Bastier from volume II of plates. Plates are numbered 1-7. There are four plates titled Bourrelier and three plates titled Bourrelier BastierWith some browning to a few leaves.This suite of plates is a comprehensive study of the art of the saddler in the eighteenth-century. All manner of harnesses are displayed as are the many different tools used in their fabrication with two scenes of the craftsmen at work. The plates are the work of Goussier who was the main proponent for the plates volumes and who executed many of the designs himelf accompanying Diderot on almost all of his visits to ateliers and workshops. unknown books
122471Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 2 pages of descriptive text & 3 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 3 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Boursier from volume II of plates. Plates are numbered 1-3. 1 page 374 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Police & réglemens concernant ce corps à Paris1 page 221 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Arrêt qui a réglé les limites entre les boursiers & les peaussiers de Paris.These plates serve as a useful guide to the manufacture of a variety of caps parasols and boxes. There is also a plate dedicated to the production of leather breeches. Furthermore a series of articles from the text volumes of the Encyclopédie help explain these crafts and goods with contribution by a number of notable Encyclopédists such as Edme-François Mallet. hardcover books
122587Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 22 pages of descriptive text & 5 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 5 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Brasserie from volume II of plates. Plates are numbered 1-5.Also with the relevant entries listed under Biere in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol I 17806 pages 400 - 405 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 detailing the methods and equipment used in a brewery.2 pages 212-213 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 which includes Aile under Biere3 pages 245 246 & 389 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 which includes information on L'usage de la biere vient d'Égypte Les Espagnoles and Biere des Turcs appellée bosa under Biere1 page 240 from volume III of the Encyclopédie 1753 which includes Châtaignes qui seroient propres à fournir une bonne biere under Biere1 page 322 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes information on Les bonnes & mauvaises qualités que le houblon donne à la bierre under Biere1 page 949 from volume IX of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes information on La biere en Angleterre under Biere1 page 903 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes information on La biere des Chinois nommée tarasum under Biere2 pages 465 & 576 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes Lieu où l'on fait sécher le grain pour la biere and L'usage du tressle de marais pour la biere à la place du houblon under Biere3 pages 293 297 & 681 from volume XVII of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes information on Méthod pour faire la biere avec le malt Comment on rétablit les petites bieres qui se sont aigries and La biere avec une grande quantité de houblon under Biere2 pages 303 & 738 from volume III of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes Vinaigre de biere and Levure de biere under BiereWith some browning to a few leaves.These plates display the ovens vats and equipment of an eighteenth-century brewhouse including a horse-powered mill. Diderot's paper on La Brasserie accompanying these plates describes the workings of the building and the processes carried out therein. Other articles which follow are Aile Bierre Houblon Malt Tarasun Touraille the kiln in which the hops are dried and Levure or yeast. unknown books
122546Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 2 pages of descriptive text & 6 loose plates with their accompanying 3 text sheets. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 6 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Cartier from volume II of plates. Plates are numbered 1-6. There is a sall fragment missing from the edge of sheet 2.1 page 726 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including La communauté de Paris & sur leurs statuts1 page 166 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes Découvre le CanadaWith some browning to a few leaves.These plates examine the various stages in the production of high-quality playing cards and the article on Cartier helps explain this craft. unknown books
122552Paris: 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 4 pages of descriptive text & 2 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 4 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Cartonnier from volume II of plates. Plates are numbered 1-2.4 pages 727-730 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including information on Les ouvragesWith some browning to a few leaves.Accompanying these two plates by Goussier on board-making and embossing is Diderot's entry on Carton taken from the text volumes of the Encyclopédie. Diderot and Goussier regularly visited workshops and ateliers to improve their understanding of the crafts they wrote on intending to give accurate descriptions of the skills and processes involved and intent on the propagation of new ideas and improved methods. (1763). Folio unknown books
122470Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 1 page of descriptive text & 2 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 2 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Ceinturier from volume II of plates. Plates are numbered 1-2. 1 page 800 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Réglement de cette maîtrise.These two plates depict the 18th century belt-maker's workshop and the tools he uses. The main text entry for Ceinturier is also included. unknown books
122554Paris: 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 5 pages of descriptive text & 5 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 5 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Chamoiseur et Mégissier from volume II of plates. Plates are numbered 1-5. Three of the plates are entitled Chamoiseur et Mégissier and two are entitled Chamoiseur Moulin a Foulon. 4 pages 69-72 from volume III of the Encyclopédie 1753 including information on Le Chamoiseur en général under Chamoiseur1 page 306 from volume X of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Statuts des mégissiers de la communauté de Paris under MégisseurWith some browning to a few leaves.These plates examine the tools and proceses followed in the softening paring and stretching of chamois leather. A number of craftsmen are shown at work and several large machines are also displayed. Included also are Diderot's text entries for Chamois and Chamoiserie. (1763). Folio hardcover books
122575Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 4 pages of descriptive text & 4 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 4 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Chauderonnier from volume III of plates. Plates are numbered 1-4. There are 2 plates on Chauderonnier Grossier 1 plate on Chauderonnier Planeur and 1 plate on Chauderonnier Faiseur d'Instruments.1 page 254 from volume III of the Encyclopédie 1753 including the main entry for Chauderonnier1 page 706 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 including information on Les ouvrages1 page 220 from volume IX of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Travails des chauderons dans les usines pour le laiton1 page 455 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Tour des chauderonniersWith some browning to a few leaves.The first two plates in this suite of four depict the Chaudronnier Grossier his tools and the pots and pans he creates. The third shows the Planneur or metal beater at work also displaying the equipment he uses. The final plate and perhaps the most interesting demonstrates the work of the musical instrument maker. A workshop scene shows a number of craftsmen at work on different parts of the production line and the rest of the plate show the tools used and some of the brass items produced. Diderot's articles on Le Chaudron Le Chaudronnier and La Chaudiere are also included. 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
122557Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 4 pages of descriptive text & 4 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 4 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Cirier from volume III of plates. Plates are numbered 1-4.Also with the relevant entries listed under Cire in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol I 17801 page 605 from volume IX of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Livres en cire1 page 634 from volume X of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on L'espece de cire dont on se sert dans la plantation & la gresse de des arbres1 page 807 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Tablettes en cire des anciens1 page 437 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes Cire dont les habitans de la Caroline font leurs bougiesWith some browning to a few leaves.This series of plates from Diderot's Encyclopédie examines the art of candle-making and the various tools and moulds used in the workshop. Several articles selected from the text volumes help explain the plates and the art further. unknown books
122556Paris: 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 14 pages of descriptive text & 1 loose plate. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 1 plate and descriptive text for the entry of Colle-Forte from the Supplementary Volume of Plates. This is a double plate and is not numbered.4 pages 266 453 626 & 627 from volume III of the Encyclopédie 1753 including Composition d'une colle Pour la porcelaine and Colle en général1 page 725 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 including information on Une estampe2 pages 931 & 932 from volume XI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Colle de parchemin1 page 829 from volume XIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including further information on Colle de parchemin1 page 944 from volume XV of the Encylopédie 1765 describing Colle de taureau2 pages 503 & 505 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes Une description détaillée des procédés par lesquels on fait cette colle and Comment on la fait3 pages 513 514 & 860 from volume III of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes Colle de poisson and Colle pour le verre cafféWith some browning to a few leaves.This double plate displays many of the tools and pieces of equipment used in the manufacture of glue also demonstrating some of the items being used. The text which accompanies the plate includes Diderot's entries for Colle and Colle-Forte. (1763). Folio unknown books
122553Paris: 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 11 pages of descriptive text & 2 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 2 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Corroyeur from volume III of plates. Plates are numbered 1-2.3 pages 275-277 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 including information on Corroyer un cuir et les ouvrages et manieres1 page 58 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including Étire1 page 476 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on the colour Jaune1 page 74 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Paroir3 pages 5 692 & 724 from volume XIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Pommelle Dresser un quartier and Quoisser les cuirs2 pages 402 & 406 from volume XIV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on the colour Rouge and Les rougirWith some browning to a few leaves.This suite opens with an attractive view of leather currier's workshop. The paring and working of the skins is shown and the tools used are displayed. Diderot's entry for Corroyer en Cuir is included as are articles on Paroir Pomelle Quiosser les Curies and Rougier les Cuirs. (1763). Folio hardcover books
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
122584Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 21 pages of descriptive text & 2 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 2 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Diamantaire from volume III of plates. Plates are numbered 1-2. Plate 1 is continued on a second sheet.Also with the relevant entries listed under Diamant in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol 1 17801 page 145 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 which includes information on Bâton à égrifer1 page 193 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 which includes information on L'outil appellé coquille1 page 764 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 which includes information on Lien de fer1 page 124 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes Tenailles4 pages 938-941 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 including information on Les diamants en général under Diamant1 page 877 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including information on Le palais ducal à Florence under Diamant1 page 687 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 including information on Le défaut appellé glace under Diamant1 page 849 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on Progrés under Diamant1 page 282 from volume IX of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on La maniere under Diamant2 pages 588 & 594from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 describing La gravure sur les diamants under Diamant1 page 634 from volume XIV of the Encyclopédie 1765 which includes Procédé par lequel on change le saphir en diamant under Diamant1 page 802 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 on Table du diamant under Diamant2 pages 417 & 876 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 on Les topases & les saphirs and L'ouvrage de Tavernier under Diamant3 pages 710-712 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes Les experiences qui prouvent la singuliere volatilité du diamant under DiamantWith some browning to a few leaves.These plates thoroughly examine the systems of pulleys and wheels involved in the precise art of cutting diamonds. Artisans are shown at work and different blades and grinders are displayed. The main and supplementary articles on Diamant are also included to help explain the art as it was in the eighteenth-century as are entries on Lapidaire Saphir Baton à Égriser Coquille Epée and Tenailles. unknown books
122474Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 6 pages 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 Draperie from volume III of plates. Plates are numbered 1-11. Plates 4 and 10 are double plates.3 pages 107-109 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 including information on Draperie en général.1 page 529 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including information on L'art avec lequel les draperies doivent être jettées.1 page 906 from volume I of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes La maniere de blanchir les étoffes de laine.1 page 701 form volume III of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes La maniere de laner ou garnir les draps.This suite of plates beings with a charming scene of two men washing textiles one in a nearby stream and another in his vat. The following plates describe further the complex art of spinning cloth and the many different pieces of equipment used. The double plates for instance display the larger machinery of the drapery. The text includes Draperie by Claude-Henri Watelet best known for his writings on gardens and the arts and several more specific papers on tools and processes for instance Foulonier by Diderot. hardcover books
122489Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 1 page of descriptive text & 3 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 3 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Découper et Gaufreur d'etoffes from volume III of plates. Plates are numbered 1-3.1 page 704 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Communauté des découpers à Paris.With the text entry for Découpeur these plates are a useful guide to 18th-century fabric cutting and embossing. The first plate shows a woman at work on a strip of fabric and the tools she uses to cut the various patterns and shapes are displayed below. The following two plates are a close examination of the presses and rollers used in the embossing of fabrics. unknown books
122565Paris 1765. Folio 253 x 393mm. 6 pages of descriptive text & 16 loose plates with their accompanying 2 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 16 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Eperonnier from volume IV of plates. Plates are numbered 1-16.6 pages 559 765-769 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 including Réglemens Les chevaux and Pourquoi cette communauté a quitté S. Eloi pour invoquer S. Gilles.With some browning to a few leaves.With the main text entries for Eperon and Eperonnier this suite of plates is a comprehensive guide to the many different types of eighteenth-century spur both English and French and how they are created. The fabrication of the horse's bits and spurs are shown being made with two visually-delightful busy workshop views. unknown books
122491Paris 1765. Folio 253 x 393mm. 6 pages of descriptive text & 3 loose plates with their accompanying 4 text sheets from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 3 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Epinglier from volume IV of plates. Plates are numbered 1-3 and plates 2 and 3 are double.1 page 210 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Réunion de leur communauté à celle des aiguilliers.5 pages 804-808 from volume V of the Encyclopédie 1755 including Observations sur le corps des épingliers à Paris.With detailed text from both the plates and letterpress volumes of the Encyclopédie this suite on the manufacture of pins is a useful guide to the methods used in the 18th-century when creating hatpins hairpins and anumber of other forms of pin. The main text entry was contributed by Delaire an expert of the manufacture of needles pins etc. Further more specific pin-related entries were contributed by Antoine-Gaspard Boucher d'Argis a French lawyer. unknown books
122563Paris 1765. Folio 253 x 393mm. 4 pages of descriptive text & 4 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 4 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Eventailliste from volume IV of plates. Plates are numbered 1-4.Also with the relevant entries listed under Eventail in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol 1 17801 page 509 from volume II of the Encyclopédie 1751 including L'article Bois3 pages 138 139 & 850 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including information on Eventails en général and Fleches d'éventailsWith some browning to a few leaves.This suite of plates charts the processes involved in the creation of a fan a key eighteenth-century fashion accessory following from the preparation of the paper and its painting to the fixing of the sticks and ribs. The text includes the entries for Eventail Eventailliste and Fleches. unknown books
122574Paris 1763. Folio 253 x 393mm. 1 page of descriptive text & 2 loose plates with their accompanying text sheet from the volume of plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 2 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Fabrique de la Cire D'Espagne ou a Cacheter from volume III of plates. Plates are numbered 1-2.1 page 436 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes Les diverses opérations de la fabrique de cette cireWith some browning to a few leaves.With two scenes of the craftsmen's workshop these plates show the manufacture of sealing wax an essential commodity. Text sheets help explain the tools and equipment depicted. unknown books
122576Paris 1777. Folio 253 x 393mm. 45 pages of descriptive text & 7 loose plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 7 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Fabrique des Armes from the supplementary volume of plates. Plates are numbered 1-7.Also with the relevant entries listed under Armes in the Table Analytique et Raisonnée du Dictionnaire des Sciences Arts et Métiers. Vol I 17803 pages 401 461 & 743 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 including information on Les armes courtoises Cri d'armes and Défi d'armes1 page 383 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including Le maniement des armes16 pages 286 300 397 & 985-998 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 including Anciennes armes des François Sergent d'armes Le calibre de ces armes Réflexions sur ce sujer and Premieres armes qui ont été employées à la guerre3 pages 8 279 & 521 from volume VIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Les armes des cavaliers des hussards des dragons & des fantassins Homme d'armes and Les armes de jet2 pages 172 & 177 from volume XI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Noblesse par les armes and Noblesse de nom & d'armes3 pages 109 671 & 672 from volume XII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Pas d''armes and Places d'armes2 pages 249 & 316 from volume XIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Poursuivant d'armes and L'honneur rendu en préfentant les armes4 pages 322-324 & 574 from volume XIV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Roi d'armes and Salle d'armes10 pages 86-93 120 & 121 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Servent d'armes Service d'armes and further information on Sergent d'armes1 page 874 from volume XVI of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Veille des armesWith some browning to a few leaves.This suite of seven plates depicts the manufacture of guns the tools and machines used and the mechanisms inside the weapons. There are many articles supporting the plates and these range over a variety of military topics. With entries by Diderot D'Alembert Edme Mallet Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt Blondel and Boucher D'Argis among many more these plates are a fine example of the work of some of the key Encyclopédistes. Also included are entries by Louis-Élisabeth de La Vergne de Tressan a French medievalist writer and soldier. unknown books
