Diderot, D'Alembert:Biblio.com
Theatres Contenant trente-huit Planches a cause de sept doubles. Bound with Machines de Theatre Contenant Quarante-Neuf Planches a cause de quartorze doubles & de quatre triples. Dessinees & expliquees par M. Radel . .
004149Paris: Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des Sciences des Arts et Metiers. Cloth. Near Fine. Circa 1765. Folio 39 by 25.5 cm. 4 9 pp. text and 80 plates some folding. Notwithstanding the discrepancy in the plate number in the title the folio is complete -- in the first part it would appear the doubles were counted as two plates. Shown in the first part are some of the most spectacular theaters and opera houses of the day including the Theatre de Turin the Comedie de Lyon the Theatre d"argentine in Rome and theaters in Montpellier Metz and Stuttgart. The second part is comprised of detailed drawings of the machinery that brought magic to the eighteenth century stage. The drawings are not merely depictions of equipment though but also include occasional renderings of the illusions. Generally very fresh condition. Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et Metiers unknown
