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122467Paris 1762. Folio 253 x 393mm. 3 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 Aigullier Aigullier-Bonnetier & Amydonnier from volume 1 of plates. There are two plates entitled Aiguiller and these are numbered 1-2. There is one plate entitled Aigullier-Bonnetier and another entitled Amydonier and neither of these is numbered.3 pages 203-205 from volume I of the Encyclopédie 1751 including Aiguille de tailleur.These four plates from Diderot's Encyclopédie show the 18th century processes followed in the production of needles needle caps and starch. Each plate is headed with a workshop scene and displays clearly the tools used. The plates are accompanied by a lengthy article titled Aiguille and contributed by Antoine Louis famous for designing the first prototype of the guillotine. This is followed by a short subsection by Diderot on les Couteliers the profession of his father. unknown books
122539Paris 1762. Folio 253 x 393 mm. 15 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 Laiterie from volume I of plates. This plate is not numbered.15 pages 199-213 from volume IX of the Encyclopédie 1765 including the main entries for Lait and LaiterieWith some browning to a few leaves.This plate comprised of a charming dairy scene and a series of diagrams of dairy utensils is accompanied by Gabriel François Venel's article on Lait. Venel was a medical doctor and professor of medicine at Montpellier and this paper discusses milk's properties both chemical and medicinal. unknown books
122535Paris 1762. 32 pages of descriptive text & 4 loose plates. Slight browning tomargins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 4 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Agriculture Fontainer from volume I of plates. Plates are numbered as 5 plans with 2 plans on sheet 2.27 pages 81-107 from volume VII of the Encyclopédie 1757 including Origine des fontaines Détermination de la quantité des vapeurs qiu s'élevent de la mer and La pénétration de l'eau pluviale dans les premieres couches de la terre1 page 349 from volume XV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Sonde dont il se sert pour forer la terre & trouver les eaux3 pages 99-101 from volume III of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1777 which includes Les fontaines des jardinsWith some browning to a few leaves.This suite of plates examines closely the eighteenth-century method of calculating the pressure required to produce a fountain with a certain height of water column. The plates demonstrate the complicated process of measuring the altitudes and gradients at which the water would fall through the pipes laid and the hydromechanics involved in devising a water container of the right shape and size. A further plate displays some popular fountain garden layouts.The plates are accompanied by a series of important and extensive articles on fountains. The first of these and the most substantial is by D'Alembert. Co-editor of the Encyclopédie he had already distinguished himself as a mathematician mechanician and physicist. D'Alembert's formula was named after him and one field which he had a great influence in was fluid mechanics. Here he expertly tackles the difficult topic of fountains and their creation examining the mathematics and physics involved.Following articles include Fontaines Artificielles by Antoine-Joseph Desallier D'Argenville who wrote around six hundred articles for the project mostly on gardening Diderot's Fontaine Domestiques and Jacques-François Blondel's description of fountains and their role in architecture. In all this set of articles includes contributions by some of the most distinguished of the many Encyclopédists. unknown books
122531Paris 1762. Folio 253 x 393 mm. 30 pages of descriptive text & 6 loose plates. Slight browning to margins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 7 plates and descriptive text for the entries regarding Hemp and Cotton volume I of plates. The plates come in three sets. The first set contains one plate with 1st and 2nd divisions on its first sheet and a 3rd division on the second sheet. This plate is titled Œconomie Rustique Culture et Travail du Chanvre. The second set contains one plate which is not numbered but is titled Œconomie Rustique Culture et Arsonnage de Coton. The final set titled Œconomie Rustique Coton contains four numbered plates.11 pages 147-157 from volume III of the Encyclopédie 1753 including Botanique under Chanvre2 pages 791 & 793 from volume VI of the Encyclopédie 1756 including La filasse de chanvre and Encouragemens à perfectionner les apprêts des chanvres du Berry under Chanvre2 pages 328 & 329 from volume XIV of the Encyclopédie 1765 including Les differentes manieres de le rouir and Infection qu'il donne aux eaux où on l'a fait rouir under Chanvre11 pages 306-316 from volume IV of the Encyclopédie 1754 including Botanique under Coton4 pages 225 227 625 & 626 from volume II of the Supplément à l'Encyclopédie 1776 which includes Cotonniers des Indes nommés capoc et capussi and Les cotonniers under CotonWith some browning to a few leaves.Diderot and D'Alembert's Encyclopédie is well-known for its focus on the mechanical arts factories and agriculture. The work was dedicated to the propagation of new ideas and methods and these plates serve as a fine example. Illustrated with a number of attractive scenes of the cultivation and manufacturing processes this suite also contains a number of useful figures and diagrams displaying and demonstrating the use of many eighteenth century tools and utensils.Included with the suite of plates are the main articles for Chanvre and for Coton both contributed to the Encyclopédie by Diderot himself. Diderot wrote several hundred articles for the work despite being much preoccupied with the running of the project and the correction of many other contributions. In the daytime Diderot visited factories workshops and plantations writing on these places during the night. He also spent considerable time studying the work of other authors and for example cites Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau's pioneering work on the cultivation of hemp many times in his article on Chanvre. Other sections included here are descriptions of the cannabis plant by Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton the distinguished French naturalist and Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt who contributed around eighteen thousand articles for the Encyclopédie. unknown books
122538Paris 1762. Folio 253 x 393 mm. 3 pages of descriptive text & 3 loose plates. Slight browning tomargins a little spotting otherwise very good. § The 3 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Agriculture Art de Faire Éclore les Poulets from volume I of plates. Plates are numbered 1-3.3 pages 200-202 from volume XIII of the Encyclopédie 1765 including PouletsWith some browning to a few leaves.This examination of chickens and the hatching of their eggs follows closely the incubation and development of the young bird. The plates included detailed diagrams of an eighteenth-century incubator and hatchery. The suite is accompanied by an article on the chicken and its early growth also focusing closely on the methods and equipment used by the Egyptians. The research and writings of Melchisédech Thévenot M.Granger and Le P. Sicard are also explored and compared in this paper contributed by Chevalier Louis de Jaucourt the most prolific of the Encyclopédists. unknown books
1959175799New York: Dover 1959. Hardcovers. Two volume set. Edited by Charles C. Gillispie. Features 485 black and white plates by Diderot. Both books in very near fine condition and in close to near fine dust jackets that have some edge tears and wear. A very nice set. Dover unknown books
1993273865New York: Dover 1993. paperback. fine. 485 black & white plates. 2 volumes. Thick 4to stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. New York: Dover 1993. Fine.<br/><br/> Dover unknown books
19591336133New York: Dover Publications Inc 1959. Hardcover. Quarto; G/G-; beige and light green and black spines with ivory text; 2 volumes; dust jackets have modest wear to exteriors; some chips to edges; slightly sunned spines; price clipped front flaps; condition as is; cloths show mild wear to exteriors; slightly sunned spines; sturdy boards; text block exterior edges have slight foxing; light foxing to endpapers; profusely illustrated; good bindings; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1336133. FP New Rockville Stock. Dover Publications, Inc hardcover books
