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1971réf. 58627Milano: Tipolito Macchi 1971. Facsimile edition limited to 150 copies this no. 14; folio pp. 2 25 3; 64 facsimile plates of horological mechanisms and tools; original half black calf over marbled boards all edges stained red; fine. This facsimile edition includes the text of the first Horology section of Diderot and d'Alembert's famous Encyclopedie as well as all 64 accompanying plates. [Tipolito Macchi unknown
1771réf. 30284Paris 1771. No stated edition. Unbound. Good. 3p many engraved ills. on 16 plates. Removed from a bound volume but still sewn together; no covers. Age browned; the impressions are good and rich. Ca. 10 x 16 inches. In French. This section from the monumental Encyclopedie of Diderot and d'Alembert contains the plates illustrating the manufacture of bits 14 plates spurs 1 plate and stirrups 1 plate and their related captions. The plates show metal-working tools workshop scenes component parts and finished articles. They were designed by Goussier and engraved by Defehrt. Mennessier de la Lance 1:446 Shipping/handling may be extra; please keep this in mind when ordering. 3p many engraved ills. on 16 plates. Removed from a bound volume but still sewn together; no covers. Age browned; the impressions are good and rich. Ca. 10 x 16 inches. In French. unknown
1805réf. 5757154Jean-Francois Bastien 1805. Volume 12. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Medium brown leather 8vo with decorative gilt border on boards and ornate gilt decoration and gilt lettering within two black leather panels on backstrip. Backstrip has some chipping. Bumped corners some chipping and general wear. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled end papers with some grubbiness. Blue ribbon page mark. Interior is secure and pages are clean save for some foxing and age toning. Blue speckled trimmed edges. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item500grams ISBN: Jean-Francois Bastien hardcover
1805réf. 5757153Jean-Francois Bastien 1805. Volume 14. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Medium brown leather 8vo with decorative gilt border on boards and ornate gilt decoration and gilt lettering within two black leather panels on backstrip. Backstrip has some chipping and a small tear. Front board is a little loose. Bumped corners and some general wear. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled end papers with some grubbiness. Blue ribbon page mark. Interior is secure and pages are clean save for some foxing and age toning. Blue speckled trimmed edges. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: Jean-Francois Bastien hardcover
1805réf. 5757150Jean-Francois Bastien 1805. Volume 11. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Medium brown leather 8vo with decorative gilt border on boards and ornate gilt decoration and gilt lettering within two black leather panels on backstrip. Small tear in one panel. Bumped corners some chipping and some general wear. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled end papers with some grubbiness. Blue ribbon page mark. Interior is secure and pages are clean save for a little grubbiness in places and some foxing and age toning. Blue speckled trimmed edges. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN: Jean-Francois Bastien hardcover
1805réf. 5757149Jean-Francois Bastien 1805. Volume 13. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Medium brown leather 8vo with decorative gilt border on boards and ornate gilt decoration and gilt lettering within two black leather panels on backstrip. Bumped corners some chipping and some general wear. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled end papers with some grubbiness. Blue ribbon page mark. Interior is secure and pages are clean save for a little grubbiness in places and some foxing. Blue speckled trimmed edges. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: Jean-Francois Bastien hardcover
1805réf. 5757152Jean-Francois Bastien 1805. Volume 15. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Medium brown leather 8vo with decorative gilt border on boards and ornate gilt decoration and gilt lettering within two black leather panels on backstrip. Backstrip has some chipping a few small tears and has pulled away from spine in places. Front board is loose. Bumped corners and some general wear. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled end papers with some grubbiness. Blue ribbon page mark. Interior is secure and pages are clean save for a little grubbiness in places and some foxing and age toning. Blue speckled trimmed edges. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: Jean-Francois Bastien hardcover
1805réf. 5757151Jean-Francois Bastien 1805. Volume 16. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Medium brown leather 8vo with decorative gilt border on boards and ornate gilt decoration and gilt lettering within two black leather panels on backstrip. Bumped corners some chipping and some general wear. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled end papers with some grubbiness. Blue ribbon page mark. Interior is secure and pages are clean save for a little grubbiness in places and some foxing and age toning. Blue speckled trimmed edges. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item500grams ISBN: Jean-Francois Bastien hardcover
1781réf. 400140Paris 1781. Fine. Folio. 12 laid paper leaves hand stitched paper spine. Title in manuscript on the first leaf followed by 21 manuscript pages foliated 1 2 2 3 – 10. In fine condition with light rubbing to the edges of the first leaf housed in a period-style quarter leather and cloth box with gilt-stamped rounded-spine and inner chemise. An original manuscript of this celebrated attack on French Finance Minister Jacques Necker arguably the most powerful man in France before the Revolution. Written surreptitiously by Philippe Henri de Grimoard an important military officer and trusted counselor to Louis XVI the letter was published in the guise of an open letter between two prominent intellectuals: from the anti-Enlightenment writer Louis-Antoine Caraccioli to Jean d’Alembert co-editor of the Encyclopédie. As Director-General of Finance from 1776-1783 Necker controlled all of France’s wealth. In February 1781 he published his famous work: Compte rendu au roi the first public accounting of the royal finances of the French monarchy. This along with his reforming policies made him many enemies including Marie Antoinette. The stage was thus set for this “witty and well informed” public attack in which Necker is made to appear as a kind of magician of politics and finance capable of “mystifying the whole French nation” and guilty of “suppressions without reimbursements reforms without profit loans without limit or measure … .” As to whether this is the original manuscript or a compositor’s copy we cannot say with certainty. It is neatly written in a beautiful hand on the most expensive paper of the day. We know of only one record of the manuscript in an 1880 Index to the Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum. An historically important manuscript housed in a handsome drop-spine box. unknown
1969réf. 138231Pergamon Press. Very Good. Hardcover. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Couple of spots of scuffing on boards. Extremely heavy/oversize item - additional shipping charges may be required depending on speed/destination requested.; 5 volume Readex Compact Edition; 15.75 X 10.43 X 2.36 inches . 1969. 0080901050 . Pergamon Press hardcover
réf. #[38201]Paris ca. 1780. 6 engraved plates 2 depicting cross-sections and 4 depicting images of sails by Bernard. Ca. 41 x 27 cm. From: Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences des arts et des métiers. unknown
2002réf. 16834No Place: Bibliotheque De L'Image. New. 2002. Softcover. 2914661150 . B & W ; 9 x 12 1/2"; 200 pages; Soft cover has white spine with black and red lettering. NEW sealed in shrinkwrap. Lavishly Illustrated with b/w pictures showing methods and patterns for silk weaving of the 1700s in France. 'First published over the course of more than twenty years 1751-1777 the 28 folio volumes of the Encyclopédie include 17 volumes of text with more than 70000 articles on subjects ranging from asparagus to zodiac. The remaining 11 volumes contain beautifully engraved plates filled with carefully drawn figures that constitute a visual analogue to the written articles linked to them through cross-references. The Encyclopédie was the major achievement of the French Enlightenment whose aim in Diderot's words was to "change the common way of thinking" through the diffusion of knowledge and the development of critical modes of thought. Denis Diderot was the main editor of the Encyclopédie but it was a collaborative project the work of a "society of men of letters" as its title page declared and of a consortium of printer-booksellers. Jean Le Rond dAlembert 1717-1783 was hired along with Diderot by the printers whose modest ambition was to translate Ephraim Chambers two-volume English Cyclopedia the 4th edition of which was published in 1741. By the time the last volume of Diderot and dAlemberts Encyclopédie was published more than 140 people had contributed to its 32 volumes of articles and plates.' Extra heavy/3 #. . Bibliotheque De L'Image paperback
2002réf. 16833No Place: Bibliotheque De L'Image. New. 2002. Softcover. 2914661150 . B & W ; 9 x 12 1/2"; 200 pages; Soft cover has white spine with black and red lettering. NEW sealed in shrinkwrap. Lavishly Illustrated with b/w pictures showing methods and patterns for silk weaving of the 1700s in France. 'First published over the course of more than twenty years 1751-1777 the 28 folio volumes of the Encyclopédie include 17 volumes of text with more than 70000 articles on subjects ranging from asparagus to zodiac. The remaining 11 volumes contain beautifully engraved plates filled with carefully drawn figures that constitute a visual analogue to the written articles linked to them through cross-references. The Encyclopédie was the major achievement of the French Enlightenment whose aim in Diderot's words was to "change the common way of thinking" through the diffusion of knowledge and the development of critical modes of thought. Denis Diderot was the main editor of the Encyclopédie but it was a collaborative project the work of a "society of men of letters" as its title page declared and of a consortium of printer-booksellers. Jean Le Rond dAlembert 1717-1783 was hired along with Diderot by the printers whose modest ambition was to translate Ephraim Chambers two-volume English Cyclopedia the 4th edition of which was published in 1741. By the time the last volume of Diderot and dAlemberts Encyclopédie was published more than 140 people had contributed to its 32 volumes of articles and plates.' Extra heavy/3 #. . Bibliotheque De L'Image paperback
réf. 2914661215.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 2914661274.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1780réf. 578812 pages of text followed by 37 single plates and one double. Moisture stain to pages 4-8 at top edge of paper. Light foxing to first 12 pp. 10 x 15 1/2 inches paperback
réf. 0672602768.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 72387Paris Briasson David Le Breton 1768. Oblong folio 39.2 x 45.9 cm. Broadsheet plate with a fine large engraving with fine contemporary hand-colouring gilt border and printed caption. = This is a highly unusual contemporarily coloured copy of an exceptionally large plate showing an extraordinarily small and peculiar animal. It was published in the atlas of the first folio edition of the famous Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences des arts et des métiers and is a highlight in the history of microscopy. The massive Encyclopédie was edited and partly written by Diderot d'Alembert and Voltaire being the first true encyclopaedia epitomizing the Age of Enlightenment. Published between 1751 to 1772 it synthesized the knowledge of the time. It became not only a source of knowledge but also a political weapon on the battleground for power between secular and ecclesiastical thinkers and writers. The plate was drawn by François Nicolás Martinet and engraved by Robert Bénard after the famous image of Robert Hooke's Micrographia from 1665. Its dimensions indicate that this plate comes from a large-paper copy which according to Brunet ".sont assez rares". Brunet does not record coloured copies. Plates with modern colouring are not unheard of but this is altogether different - not only is the colouring very well done but the printed border is carefully gilted too often yellow in modern colouring. A vertical fold as always; some weak marginal fraying a short tear in the left margin; a few minor marginal spots; otherwise clean. The colouring bold and accurate. A very good copy. Exceedingly rare. Brunet 2 pp. 700-701; Nissen ZBI 4622. unknown
réf. 78673Paris Panckoucke; Liège Plomteux 1784-1785. Three volumes in four. Large 4to 27.5 x 21.5 cm. 1807 pp. cxiv 722; 787; 184. Publisher's grey boards with printed label on the spines and large printed leaf "Table des objects" mounted on the third volume's front board. = The rare mathematics section of the famous 'Encyclopédie'. A detailed collation is as follows: Volume 1 1784 title to the 'Encyclopédie' title to the 'Mathematiques' cxiv pp. Discours préliminaire pp. 1-721 A-EXT; actually Abaissement-Extrème i errata; Volume 2 1785 title to the 'Encyclopédie' title to the volume; pp. 1-787 FAC-ROU; actually Face-Rudolphines; Volume 3 1789 title to the 'Encyclopédie' title to the volume pp. xxviii 1-56 1-184 SAG-SUR actually Saggitaire-Zubenel-Chemali additions et corrections table de lecture title 'Dictionnaire des jeux faisant suite au tome III des mathématiques' iii 316 pp. Later two more parts on mathematical games and game-theory were published. These are more common and not included. Neither are the very rare plates. Boards a bit worn; the large "table des objets" which is an index to the preliminary part creased and with a tear; otherwise a very good set. hardcover
réf. 78716Paris Panckoucke; Liège Plomteux 1784-1785. Three volumes in three. Large 4to 25.3 x 20.5 cm. 2090 pp. cxiv 722; 787; 184; 108 engraved plates many double-sized folded. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Spine with elaborate gilt-patterned band gilt vignettes and gilt title. Marbled edges. = The rare complete mathematics section of the famous 'Encyclopédie'. In some copies the supplemental Jeux-section with 16 plates is added to the Mathematique whereas the true Mathematique-plates are absent. But this set is complete regarding the pure mathematics and as intended. A detailed collation is as follows: Volume 1 1784 title to the 'Encyclopédie' title to the Mathematiques cxiv pp. Discours préliminaire pp. 1-721 A-EXT; actually Abaissement-Extrème i errata; Volume 2 1785 title to the 'Encyclopédie' title to the volume; pp. 1-787 FAC-ROU; actually Face-Rudolphines; Volume 3 1789 title to the 'Encyclopédie' title to the volume pp. xxviii 1-56 1-184 SAG-SUR actually Saggitaire-Zubenel-Chemali additions et corrections table de lecture'; 108 plates as follows: Géométrie 1-16 Sections coniques 1-3 Trigonométrie 1 Arpentage 1-2 Algèbre 1-3 Analyse 1-2 Mécanique 1-9 Hydrostatique etc. 1-7 Hydraulique 1-4 3-4 not numbered Hydraulique machines 1-2 1 1-2 1-6 total 11 Optique 1-6 Perspective 1; Astronomie 1-43. Boards much worn and detached; spine covers near-entirely abraded; some toning; otherwise in particular internally a very good set. hardcover
réf. 77105Paris Briasson etc. 1768. Folio 40.2 x 26.3 cm. Half-title to the plates drophead title to the Histoire naturelle; 13 pp.; 29 engraved plates. Contemporary marbled wrappers. = This is a complete copy of the separate comprehensive folio atlas of the mammals and herpetology part of the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences des arts et des métiers a massive work edited and partly written by Diderot d'Alembert and Voltaire being the first true encyclopaedia epitomizing the age of Enlightenment. Published between 1751 to 1772 it synthesized the knowledge of the time. The Encyclopédie became not only a source of knowledge but also a political weapon on the a battle ground for power between secular and ecclesiastical thinkers and writers. This section was written and illustrated by the French naturalist and engraver François Nicolas Martinet 1731-1800 or 1804. The year of Martinet's death in uncertain. The plate section comprises five herpetological plates; all others show mammals including e.g. whales. The text contains a description of all 29 plates and a comparative table linking the illustrations of the first 24 plates of this atlas to the same - or similar - illustrations earlier published irregularly on scattered other plates. The last five plates i.e. the complete herpetology show new illustrations. Spine a bit cocked; general title with a few creases in the right top and at the bottom of the front wrapper plus first few pages; otherwise a very good clean unmarked copy. Nissen ZBI 4622; PMM 200. D'Alembert Diderot and Martinet not yet in Adler Contributions to the History of Herpetology. unknown
réf. 76413Paris Panckoucke; Liège Plomteux 1784-1785. Two of three volumes in two. Large 4to 25.6 x 19.6 cm. 1603 pp. cxiv 722; 787 16 plates. Contemporary quarter calf over mottled boards. Spines with red morocco labels with gilt title. Marbled edges. = The first two volumes of the rare mathematics section of the famous 'Encyclopédie'. A detailed collation is as follows: Volume 1 1784 title to the 'Encyclopédie' title to the 'Mathematiques' cxiv pp. Discours préliminaire pp. 1-721 A-EXT; actually Abaissement-Extrème i errata; Volume 2 1785 title to the 'Encyclopédie' title to the volume; pp. 1-787 FAC-ROU; actually Face-Rudolphines. Lacking is Volume 3 1789. Still later two more parts on mathematical games and game-theory were published. These are exceedingly rare. Bindings worn a few spots; otherwise a very good set of the first two of three volumes. hardcover
réf. 76414Padoue no publisher indicated 1787-1793. Three volumes in three. Large 4to 28.3 x 21.3 cm. Four title pages with large engraved allegorical vignette 2635 pp. I1787: lxxvi 728; II1789: 979; III 1793: viii 852 recte 844; two large folded tables. Original uniform mottled calf. Spines with five raised gilt-ornamented bans; compartments rich gilt with floral patterns and two burgundy morocco labels with gilt title. Red edges. = The Padua-edition of the rare mathematics section of the 'Encyclopédie' which is reset contains some additional information but does not list a publisher's name. These are very rare. The third volume was published in two parts with continuous pagination but with an additional title. 46 plates are called for in the preface to the third volume and the first two parts were published together with an atlas with 108 plates. Here neither is included. Pagination in the third volume jumps from 841 to 850 without loss. Bindings worn partly abraded - especially in the first volume; otherwise a very good set. unknown
réf. 72386Paris Briasson David Le Breton 1768. Oblong folio 39.7 x 67.6 cm. Broadsheet plate with a fine large engraving with fine contemporary hand-colouring gilt border and printed caption. = This is a highly unusual contemporarily coloured copy of an exceptionally large plate showing an extraordinarily small and peculiar animal. It was published in the atlas of the first folio edition of the famous Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences des arts et des métiers and is a highlight in the history of microscopy. The massive Encyclopédie was edited and partly written by Diderot d'Alembert and Voltaire being the first true encyclopaedia epitomizing the Age of Enlightenment. Published between 1751 to 1772 it synthesized the knowledge of the time. It became not only a source of knowledge but also a political weapon on the battleground for power between secular and ecclesiastical thinkers and writers. The plate was drawn by François Nicolás Martinet and engraved by Robert Bénard after the famous image of Robert Hooke's Micrographia from 1665. Its dimensions indicate that this plate comes from a large-paper copy which according to Brunet ".sont assez rares". Brunet does not record coloured copies. Plates with modern colouring are not unheard of but this is altogether different - not only is the colouring very well done but the printed border is carefully gilted too often yellow in modern colouring. Two vertical fold as always; a few minor marginal spots otherwise clean. The colouring bold and accurate. A very good copy. Exceedingly rare. Brunet 2 pp. 700-701; Nissen ZBI 4622; PMM 200. unknown
