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1780047124Paris 1780. Disbound. Very Good Condition. Disbound sets of plates with the plate lists and descriptions comprising the section of theater floorplans and theater machines. Plans for the Théatre de Turin Salle de la Comédie de Pyon Tprdionne à Rome Théatre Royal à Naples la Salle de Spectacle de la Comèdie Françoise etc. 31 plates with an additional 13 plate supplement. The second set of plates shows designs for theatrical machines for simulating tempest tossed ships landslides fires. The plates depict the intended result and a wide shot of the apparatus and then close up of the gears that make the machines function. 49 plates. Plates ca. 15" x 10" with some folding out. undated ca. 1780. Housed in an old cloth portfolio. Some soiling to a few sheets minor flaws most plates fine or nearly so. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Inventory No: 047124. unknown books
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
1771003772Paris 1771. First Edition. Buckram cloth folio folder. . Near Fine. Folio 38.5 by 25 cm with two double plates 50 cm wide and the triple plate 68 cm wide. The six plates show the steps in the casting of massive equestrian statues one of the staples of public monuments before the twentieth century. As the rule with the plates in the Diderot and d'Alembert Encylcopedie though the plates are handsome works of art transcending their pedagogic purpose and the images here have an element of the curious and novel that separates them from more traditional equestrian artwork. The plates and their two page textual description that precedes them were carefully removed from the larger volume and remain attached to each other like a thinner brochure. Other than occasional light and insignificant soiling and minor age toning the plates are clean and fresh. The folder made to house them is of a modern buckram cloth decidedly utilitarian in appearance but not unattractive with their multi-color ribbon ties. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1762100610Paris: Chez Briasson et. al 1762. Originally included in the first fascicle "livraison" of Recueil de planches sur les sciences les arts libéraux et les arts méchaniques. 6 pp. text three leaves XIV-XXXIII engraved plates illustrating. Folio. Removed. Slightly toned at edges final plate a little ragged at outer edge; otherwise lates and first leaf of text clean and sound. Originally included in the first fascicle "livraison" of Recueil de planches sur les sciences les arts libéraux et les arts méchaniques. 6 pp. text three leaves XIV-XXXIII engraved plates illustrating. Folio. WITH: Marechal Ferrant Farrier or Blacksmith with 7 engraved plates one folding Bourrelier Harness Maker et Bourrelier-Bastier with 7 plates Sellier-Carrossier Plates I II III and XVIII-XXV 11 plates Menuisier en Voiture Plates I-XXX 30 plates. Chez Briasson et. al unknown books
1762100611Paris: 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. 25 pp. text 61 engraved plates illustrating watches and clocks. Folio. Removed. Slightly toned at edges. Originally included in the first fascicle "livraison" of Recueil de planches sur les sciences les arts libéraux et les arts méchaniques. 25 pp. text 61 engraved plates illustrating watches and clocks. Folio. Chez Briasson et. al 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
1792290119Berne. : Beat Louis Walthard. 1792 . Publishers plain wraps. . Very good covers worn and lightly soiled. 4to. 26.8x20.7 cm. . French text. Volume 11 only. Sections on musical instrument making carpentry mining paper and parchment making and weaving all with plates and an explanatory table of contents. weight: 1.8 lb. 93 engraved plates some folding. Beat Louis Walthard. paperback 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
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
1792046453Berne: Louis Walthard 1792. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Contemporary plain wraps modest wear occasional light browning to page edges scattered foxing a few corners creased; a nice copy text section unopened. 41pp and 89 plates illustrating forges for making anvils & anchors17 plates illustrating printing equipment including presses typesetting type cases & forms and a section of plates on marble quarrying. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Engineering Industrial & Trades; Inventory No: 046453. Louis Walthard unknown books
1771265959Paris 1771. Extract from vol. 7 of the Encyclopédie. With 35 engraved plates Goussier del. Benard Fecit. 9 pp. explanatory text. 1 vols. Folio. Later quarter red calf and french marbled boards. Near fine. Extract from vol. 7 of the Encyclopédie. With 35 engraved plates Goussier del. Benard Fecit. 9 pp. explanatory text. 1 vols. Folio. Concise and beautiful depictions of late-eighteenth-century fisheries from the famed Encyclopédie. unknown books
174528011Amsterdam i.e. Paris: Chez Zacharie Chatelain 1745 1745. First edition. Tchemerzine Bibliographie d'Editions Originales ou Rares d'Auteurs Francais II 916; and see P.N. Furman Diderot A Critical Biography. Edges somewhat rubbed; hinges starting but sound; very good copy. 8vo contemporary mottled calf dark red morocco label gilt decorations and lettering. Vignette title-page two plates and two headpieces by Etienne Fessard after Louis Durand. ¶ The first book by the great French philosopher writer and polymath Denis Diderot 1713-1784 a translation of An Inquiry Concerning Virtue 1699 by Anthony-Ashley Cooper the Earl of Shaftesbury. Diderot adapted "Shaftesbury's text pretty freely adding his own interjections and digressions" - Furman. Diderot's Essai challenged the doctrine of the church which required that it be published anonymously and with a false imprint. The only evidence of authorship are the initials "M. S." in the title. Shaftesbury's essays like Lucretius's De Rerum Natura had an important influence on the young Diderot. Red oval stamp of the Bibliothèque du Clergé Paroisse St. Nicolas du Chardonnet on the title-page. <br/><br/> Amsterdam [i.e. Paris]: Chez Zacharie Chatelain, 1745 unknown books
174566927Principes de la philosophie moral DIDEROT Denis. Principes de la philosophie morale ou essai de M. S.sur le mÈrite et la vertu. Avec rÈflexions. Amsterdam: chez Zacherie Chatelain 1745. First edition. xxx 297 1 blank 10 tables des matiËres errata pp. With title-vignette two engraved frontispieces one for each part and two head-pieces by Fessard after Durand. Citron morocco gilt back with raised bands gilt triple-rule border on sides with gilt stamped floral ornament in corners inner gilt-dentelles all edges gilt. Lower cover slightly discolored otherwise a beautiful copy. Housed in a custom brown cloth clamshell. "Rather a paraphrase than a translation of Lord Shaftesbury's An Inquiry Concerning Virtue and Merit. Yet it is a very important work indeed for the growth and development of his thought. It was Diderot who furnished the RÈflexions in a preliminary discours and lengthy footnotes to which students of Diderot now turn for precious indications of the unfolding of his ideas.It will be noticed that the French version is anonymous neither Shaftesbury's name nor that of the translator was mentioned. The reason was that there was some danger involved in presenting to the French public a work that declared so boldly for the existence of a natural morality independant of any particular religion or church" Arthur M. Wilson Diderot p. 50. Tchemerzine-Scheler II p. 916. Thomas A checklist of major French authors in Oxford libraries 1526-1800 p. 47. HBS 66927. $5000 chez Zacherie Chatelain hardcover books
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
178562448Paris; Liege: Panckoucke; Plomteux 1785. 9 engraved plates by Benard after Lucotte. 9 vols. 9-1/2 x 7 inches image size. Matted framed and glazed. Fine. 9 engraved plates by Benard after Lucotte. 9 vols. 9-1/2 x 7 inches image size. The complete set of these beautiful plates relating to Court Tennis "le Jeu des Paumes" from the Récueil de Planches that extraordinary illustrated supplement to the magnificent Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert. The plates depict the creation of implements and play of tennis and billiards in the late 18th century and have never been surpassed for their beauty and historical accuracy.<br/><br/>Pl. 1 - Paulmerie Jeu de Paulme et Construction de la Racquette<br/>Pl. 2 - Paulmerie Instrumens de Paulme<br/>Pl. 3 - Paulmerie Instrumens de Paulme<br/>Pl. 4 - Paulmerie Instrumens de Paulme et de Billiard<br/>Pl. 5 - Paulmerie Salle de billiard et Instrumens de Billiard<br/>Pl. 6 - Paulmerie 1er Plan d'un Jeu de Paulme quarré et Salle de Billiard<br/>Pl. 7 - Paulmerie Plan audessus des murs du Jeu de Paulme<br/>Pl. 8 - Paulmerie Coupes du Jeu de Paulme quarré<br/>Pl. 9 - Paulmerie Plans au Rez de Chaussée et audessus des murs d'un Jeu de Paulme a dedans. Panckoucke; Plomteux unknown books
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
1749276297London 1749. hardcover. near fine. 2 volumes bound in one. 150; 4 141 7 pages with text in French. Illustrated with 5 of 6 plates in 1st volume and 3 plates in second volume. 12mo contemporary calf-backed speckled boards; gilt spine with red label. Londres: no publisher stated i. e. Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey 1749 & 1751. Near fine copy of 2 scarce titles.<br/><br/> Both titles by Denis Diderot published anonymously with a fictitious imprint "Londres 1749" on title page: Probably the 3rd or 4th edition published in Amsterdam the same year as the first edition --Adams LG4; Tchemerzine 1977 II 925d. OCLC lists only 6 copies of this edition of "les Aveugles" Cornell Stanford Dartmouth Exeter British Library & Biblioteca Nacional de Espana. "les Sourds et Muets" is one of several editions published in Paris in 1751 each with slightly varying title pages and pagination. OCLC lists 13 copies.<br/><br/> unknown books
1765901061765. Diderot Denis. LE PERE DE FAMILLE COMEDIE EN CINQ ACTES ET EN PROSE. Besancon: Fantet 1765. 100pp. Text in French. 8vo. Bound in contemporary vellum without boards; faded ink notation of title on spine. With only minor soiling on covers else Fine hardcover books
176730191Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins: This suite of 71 plates comes in divided sections and each section is devoted to the explanation of a different branch of science thus each one of these 17 sections is numbered individually followed by 16 text pages. GÉOMÉTRIE 5 plates numbered 1-5 are an extensive work showing all the figures and instruments used in the practice of science of geometry. TRIGONOMÉTRIE 2 plates numbered 1-2 demonstrate the relationship involving lengths and angles of triangles and shows how this science emerged from applications of geometry to astronomical studies. ARPENTAGE 3 plates numbered 1-3 illustrate the science of surveying it's tools and the way are used in land and sea mapping . These science is known since human built the first large structures. ALGEBRE ET ARITHMÉTIQUE 2 plates numbered 1-2 demonstrat figures practiced in this science and on plate two we have the Machine of Arithmétique de Pascal figures in three dimensions. SECTIONS CONIQUES 3 plates numbered 1-3 contains figures practiced in conic section . ANALYSE 2 plates numbered 1-2 display figures used in this branch of science. MECHANIQUE 5 plates numbered 1 to 5 illustrate simple machines levers balances screws pulleys etc. and diagram their functions. HYDROSTATIQUE HYDRODYNAMIQUE et HYDRAULIQUE 3 plates numbered 1-3 display fountains instruments such as the Archimedan Screw MACHINES HYDRAULIQUES 2 plates numbered 1-2 show detail Marli's impressive machine. 1 plate unnumbered contains different views of sewer reservoir pump. 1 plate unnumbered describes the fire pump and arm pump. This plate has 2 inches nicely repaired tear at top. 2 plates numbered 1-2 are drawings detailing the machine of scientist Dupuis. 1 plate unnumbered displays the windmill of Meudon. This mill is located in the park of the castle of Meudon near the farm of Vibon. We see all the internal mechanism in this plate and it is to show it the cage which contains it all around has to destroyed. 2 plates numbered 1-2 these plates show six figures detailing the harmonious work of the implements in the Machine of Nymphembourg. This machine is the invention of the Count de Whal. It is empowered to raise the water at sixty feet in height. 5 plates numbered 1-5 describe and display all the parts internal and external of the Water Mill. 4 plates numbered 1-4 are impressive views of the Noria water wheel. This is an ancient invention 1 plate unnumbered contains a scene of Canal et Écluses Canal and Locks. 6 plates numbered 1-6 are figures and plans of fire pompe. Thaïs machine has been employed in the Bois de Boffu near Saint-Guilain in the Province of Hainault. Plates 4 5 are internal views of the steam pompe while is it on pate 6 is profile of the Giant cylinder and other tools. 1 plate unnumbered showing four aspects of the filtering fountain. OPTIQUE 6 plates numbered 1-6 show attractive images of optics such relative to glasses lenses colors magnitude lanterns virtual focus and more. PERSPECTIVE 2 plates numbered 1-2 represent drawings of perspective distortion visual graphical aerial and geometry and the effect of visual perspective in graphic arts. ASTRONOMIE 26 plates numbered 1-26 are beautifully representing the instruction and the making of instruments used in this science and the way are used GEOGRAPHIE 3 plates numbered 1 1 2 represent construction and usage of maps and world map measurement of inaccessible distances. Plate tow is construction des globes. GNOMONIQUE 2 plates numbered 1-2 showing projections and equipment NAVIGATION 1 plate showing an astrolabe maps and other instuments. . INSTRUMENS DE MATHEMATIQUES 3 plates numbered 1-3. First plate opens with an attractive atelier displaying two craftsmen involved in the making of the instruments described on the rest of the plates. PHYSIQUE 5 plates numbered 1-5. Aurora borealis water spouts snowflakes scientific instruments PNEUMATIQUE 3 plates barometers thermometers an air-gun wind mills anenometer. <br/><br/> unknown books
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
176730184Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins: 3 plates displaying an attractive atelier and engravers on wood and tools plate numbered 3 in this section is a display of the principles and 1 descriptive text sheet. Plates are numbered 1-3. <br/><br/> unknown books
176730182Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins: 2 plates displaying engraving of letters maps and music and the tools used to engrave letters sheet music maps. And two descriptive text sheets. Plates are numbered 1-2. <br/><br/> unknown books
176730186Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins: Three plate plus one descriptive sheet. <br/><br/> unknown books
176730183Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins: 3 plates describing an atelier and the smith engraving on lockets and all tools that are used in this art. Plates are numbered 1-3. 2 plates displaying two engravers in their attractive atelier and their tools. Plates are numbered 1-2. Included also one text sheet demonstrating the use of equipments and tools for engraving lockets and seals. <br/><br/> unknown books
176730188Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins: The 37 plates includes two sections : first section numbered 1 -11 plates are drawings describing the Pipe Organ with minute details. Plate 11 is an index to a tuning scale. Second section plates numbered 1- 22 describes foreign ancients modern instruments & percussion plus different sorts of beautifully made instruments. Plate 10 on this section is doubled and on which described all tools needed in the making of the wind instruments. Plate 13 is damaged with a missing corner affecting text and border but not drawings. Plate 22 is double page. Four descriptive text sheets. <br/><br/> unknown books
