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176256316Königsberg und Leipzig Kanter Berlin Stettin Leipzig Rüdigern 1762-75. 4to. Bound in 13 uniform contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. On all boards the gilt monogram on red background of King Christian VII. A stamp on title-pages. Around 6000 pp. 4 folded tables and 366 folded engraved plates 1 plate in xerox-copy. Occassionally a few minor brownspots but fine and clean. <br/><br/><em>First German edition of this importent collection of books on crafts which is a translation of "Descriptions des Arts et Métiers." published in French between 1761 and 1788. The full French series comprises 113 parts cahiers in 27 folio volumes along with three supplements and "provide detailed accounts of a wide range of handcraft and manufacturing processes carried out in France at that time. The volumes are well-illustrated with precise engravings by Jean Elie Bertrand 1737-1779 a noted typographer from Neuchâtel where the printing was done. Many of them provide the background for shorter articles in Diderot's Encyclopedia which was appearing at much the same time. The project had its origin in request from Colbert in 1675 to the Academy Royal des Sciences for detailed accounts of various mechanic arts to be prepared and for new machines to be reported upon. This led to the formation of the Bignon Commission under Abbé Bignon. René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur 1683-1757 became editor soon after he joined the Academy. He inherited number of drawings the earliest prepared in 1693 and an illustrated manuscript on printing type and book binding which had been prepared in 1704. It was left to Réaumur's successor Duhamel du Monceau to bring about the publication of the series probably as the result of the competition from the Encyclopedia." Wikipedia.Brunet II618 ff. only French editions - Graesse II 367 only the French editions. - Fromm 7040. </em> hardcover
177360413Paris, Didot le jeune, 1773. Large 12mo (167 x 98 mm). In a nice contemporary full mottled calf binding with five raised bands. Spine richly gilt. Boards with gilt frame and edges of boards gilt. Occassional very light browning and a very vague damp-stain in lower outer corner affecting some pages. An overall very nice copy. XXIV, 248, (4)
1747406461Hamburg u. Leipzig, Grund u. Holle, 1747-81. M. 3 gest. Ktn., teils wiederhol. gest. Tit.-Vign. u. 51 (v. 53?) gef. Kpfr.-Taf. Versch. geb. (34 Ldrbde. d. Zt. m. Rsch. u. Rverg., 6 Hldrbdn. d. Zt., 3 Prgtbde. d. Zt. u. 4 Ppbde. d. Zt. Rücken teilw. beschabt, angerissen u. bestoßen bzw. mit geringen Fehlstellen. Einige Bde. m. alter Rsign. Teils m. Stempeln. Fehlbindung beim "Neuen Magazin", dort fehlen d. Stücke 97-99, die Stücke 103-106 sind doppelt vorhanden (im jeweiligen Band mit eingeb.).
1798PHO-657Paris, De l’Imprimerie de la République, An VI-An VIII [1798-1800]. In-4 (28x22 pour les T.I et II,31,5x24 pour le T .IV) ,xii, cxliv, 628, [3] ; xvi, 676, [2] ;[xi], 431, [1];[2],viii, 158pp, relié couverture d’attente éditeur en cartonnage beige chiné , non rogné , le tome IV n’étant pas ouvert ,défauts d’usage , papier à grandes marges et bruni aux bords ,mouillures au tome III , quelques rousseurs ,tome II reliure demi cuir sous emboîtage à l’identique.Tome I,III et IV premier tirage , Tome II ,1841, ,édition originale remise en vente en 1841 avec un titre de relai portant la mention fictive , "nouvelle édition"(quelques exemplaire imprimés en 1798 n'avaient pas trouver preneur) .L’illustration comprend 16 planches dépliantes gravées sur cuivre, numérotées de I à XV, dont une planche notée VI bis, toutes réunies dans le 4éme tome . Les 15 cartes gravées par Bouclet, Collin, Tardieu, Fortier, etc., levées pour les côtes nord-ouest de l’Amérique du Nord, les îles des Marquesas de Mendoça (îles Marquises), les îles Tupaya (dans l’actuelle Polynésie française), la baie de Tchinkîtâné (actuelle Sitka Sound, près de la ville de Sitka en Alaska), les îles de la Reine-Charlotte (archipel canadien au large de la Colombie-Britannique), les îles Sandwich (Hawaï), le détroit de Magellan, le détroit entre les îles Banca et Billiton (actuelle Belitung) en Indonésie, etc., et une jolie planche à caractère ethnographique (n°V) représentant des échasses de Whûtahô, une des îles de l’archipel des Marquises. Le tome I renferme un tableau dépliant donnant les concordances de mots français avec la langue de Wahîtahô et le tome IV les Observations sur la division hydrographique du Globe .
173560222Paris, chez Gabriel Martin, 1735. 4to (262 x 210 mm). Uniformly bound in seven nice contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Light wear to extremities. Vol. 4 with lower compartment of spine missing part of the leather. Internally with light occassional marginal miscolouring. Vol. 5 with damp stain affecting lower outer corner of first 14 leaves. An overall fine complete set with all half titles and 433 plates (1-429, plus 105*, 177*, 329* and 2 additional plates numbered 341, but 197-8 on one sheet). Vol 1: VIII, (4), 215 pp + 67 folded plates. Vol 2: (4), V, (3), 192 pp + 73 folded plates (numbered 68 to 139)Vol 3: (4), V, (3), 205 pp. + 75 folded plates (numbered 140 to 214)Vol 4: (4), V, (3), 239 pp. + 81 folded plates (numbered 215 to 295). Vol 5: (4), V, (3), 173 pp. + 66 folded plates (numbered 296 to 360). Vol 6: (4), V, (3), 196, (35) pp. + 69 folded plates (numbered 361 to 429)
179165159Impensis Autoris | Lutetiae Parisiorum 1791-1812 | 20 x 26.50 cm | 5 livraisons reliées en un volume
177156289Neuchatel L'Imprimerie de la Société Typographique 1771-83. 4to. Bound in 19 contemp. uniform full mottled calf. Raised bands. Gilt spines. Title-and tomelabels with gilt lettering. Spine-ends on nearly all volumes strenghtened. Stamp on title-pages. Each volume around 650 pp. With 508 fine engraved plates. <br/><br/><em>Second edition and the first 4to-edition was published in 19 volumes plus an additional volume by Jean Elie Bertrand where vol. 20 is an additional volume published much later 1799 - not present here - dealing with the art of printing. This importent collection of books on crafts was published by between 1761 and 1788. The full series comprises 113 parts cahiers in 27 folio volumes along with three supplements and "provide detailed accounts of a wide range of handcraft and manufacturing processes carried out in France at that time. The volumes are well-illustrated with precise engravings by Jean Elie Bertrand 1737-1779 a noted typographer from Neuchâtel where the printing was done. Many of them provide the background for shorter articles in Diderot's Encyclopedia which was appearing at much the same time. The project had its origin in request from Colbert in 1675 to the Academy Royal des Sciences for detailed accounts of various mechanic arts to be prepared and for new machines to be reported upon. This led to the formation of the Bignon Commission under Abbé Bignon. René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur 1683-1757 became editor soon after he joined the Academy. He inherited number of drawings the earliest prepared in 1693 and an illustrated manuscript on printing type and book binding which had been prepared in 1704. It was left to Réaumur's successor Duhamel du Monceau to bring about the publication of the series probably as the result of the competition from the Encyclopedia." Wikipedia.Brunet II618 ff. - Graesse II 367. </em> hardcover
175615777La Haye, Pierre de Hondt, 1756. In-4 de XVI-125-(3) pp., 1 frontispice et 39 planches numérotées en couleurs, veau porphyre, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin brun, fleurons aux angles et triple filet doré d'encadrement sur les plats, gardes de papier dominoté doré, tranches dorées (reliure de l'époque).
1779148241779-1781, imprimerie royale, in-4 plein cuir de XVI+707 et 844 pages, gardes marbrées, dos à 5 nerfs, titrages dorés, 13 planches dépliantes en fin de chaque ouvrage. | Etat : Bon état général, dos, champs et mors usés, rousseurs, manque de la 14ème planche du 2nd volume, complet de ses 2 volumes. (Ref.: MA87)