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réf. B9781169293274New. unknown
1754réf. 23490Paris 1754. A pair of copper engraving /etchings from the famed "Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences des Art et des Metiers.". These plates illustrate the effects of volcanic activity in Italy including the eruption of Vesuvius in 1754. The Encyclopedie was published between 1751 and 1772 in 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates. It contained over 70000 articles written by more than 140 contributors. Meant to propagate the ideas of the French Enlightenment the impact was enormous. Platemarks 17 3/4 x 14" with small margins on the left and right. Printed on laid paper in very good original condition. unknown
1780réf. 047124Paris 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
réf. 16434new pb Library Of Liberal Arts-bobbs-merrill Co paperback
1964réf. 412377Paris: Cercle du Livre Precieux 1964-1966. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Complete six volume set leather bound limited to 3000 copies #789. Modern mottled leather raised bands red and green leather spine labels marbled endpapers compartments decorated in gilt. Modern mottled leather raised bands red and green leather spine labels marbled endpapers compartments decorated in gilt. Most pages are plates with many fold-outs red ribbon markers. An astonishing collection of engravings with accompanying keys text in French covering a wide range of subjects including Mathematical figures astronomy military formations and tactics navigation marine signaling hydraulics and so on. Most of the plates fold out sometimes with two folds. Facsimiles of the 1762-1772 set. Huge heavy volumes that make overseas shipping prohibitive. Very good plus with only the front fly leaf in Volume 6 gone. Record # 412377 Cercle du Livre Precieux hardcover
1821réf. 17813Paris: Tournon N° 6 - Bossange Frères Rue De Seine. Very Good. 1821-22. Hardcover. Five volumes bound in contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards. Four spine bands with elaborate gilt decoration in compatments & light gray labels with gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. Half titles. Deckle cut page edges. All hinges & texts tight and intact. Vol 1: 4-xxviii-576pp : bookplate; small dampstain on top corner margin last 75 leaves. Vol 2: 4-621pp-1. Vol 3: 4-742pp-1 . Vol 4: 4-544pp. Vol 5: 4-479pp-1 . A few scuffs to spine edges & corners. Light scattered foxing. Mathematics Mechanics Physics Philosophy Music Theory. French text. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Tournon, N° 6 - Bossange Frères, Rue De Seine, hardcover
1792réf. 046453Berne: 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
1978réf. 2092902141502951Iwanami bunko 1978. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: paperback Iwanami bunko paperback
1975réf. 2081402110005125Not Available 1975. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
1971réf. 2080502106904127Not Available 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
réf. 03889environ 1770 Paris BRIASSON. 40 x 263 cm folio imp. - pgs 1 à 5 avec explication des planches-page blache - 20 planches gravées Benard voir Thieme-Becker III 412 - reliure d'amateur en demi-parchemin les plats en papier taupe auteur et titre estampés en or sur le dos - première planche un peu sale photo sur demande mais autrement en bonne condition (environ 1770) (Paris) (BRIASSON) unknown
réf. FTr30Bibliotheque de l'Image 2002. Pbk 4to reprinted plates from L'Encyclopdie Diderot & D'Alembert pictorial covers unpaginated excellent clean tight almost as new Bibliotheque de l'Image, 2002 paperback
1969réf. 405543New York/Paris: Pergamon Press 1969. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Approximately 7000 pages 5 volumes complete each book is 10" by 15'' bound in burgundy cloth covers with gilt lettering. Reproduced from the original 1651 17-volume edition reduced here allowing 4 pages per sheet. French text. Clean bright copies. No dust jackets ever issued. Record # 405543 Pergamon Press hardcover
1763réf. 4599Paris:: Diderot & D'Alembert 1763. First printing. Fine. Folio. 11.25 x 17.25 inches. A fine original copperplate engraving printed on heavy handmade deckle-edged rag stock uncut and published as part of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers; the essential exploratory encyclopedia of arts science and industry produced during the Age of Enlightenment. This keynote work extolled the artistic virtues and labors of the common man during pre-Revolutionary France. Didactic in nature the plates were engraved and documented in meticulous detail and represented a fine visual record of French culture and achievement. After the French Revolution society could thus be recreated here inspired by the illustrations and descriptions of the daily toils and talents of the common folk. Today these refined engravings are prized for their diverse and elegant representations of the arts and craftsmanship as well as attention to detail of costume elements of travel architectural landscape and perspective. Matted in Rag Board Diderot & D'Alembert, unknown
1763réf. 4598Paris:: Diderot & D'Alembert 1763. First printing. Fine. Folio. 11.25 x 17.25 inches. A fine original copperplate engraving printed on heavy handmade deckle-edged rag stock uncut and published as part of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers; the essential exploratory encyclopedia of arts science and industry produced during the Age of Enlightenment. This keynote work extolled the artistic virtues and labors of the common man during pre-Revolutionary France. Didactic in nature the plates were engraved and documented in meticulous detail and represented a fine visual record of French culture and achievement. After the French Revolution society could thus be recreated here inspired by the illustrations and descriptions of the daily toils and talents of the common folk. Today these refined engravings are prized for their diverse and elegant representations of the arts and craftsmanship as well as attention to detail of costume elements of travel architectural landscape and perspective. Matted in Rag Board Diderot & D'Alembert, unknown
1763réf. 4601Paris:: Diderot & D'Alembert 1763. First printing. Fine. Folio. 11.25 x 17.25 inches. A fine original copperplate engraving printed on heavy handmade deckle-edged rag stock uncut and published as part of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers; the essential exploratory encyclopedia of arts science and industry produced during the Age of Enlightenment. This keynote work extolled the artistic virtues and labors of the common man during pre-Revolutionary France. Didactic in nature the plates were engraved and documented in meticulous detail and represented a fine visual record of French culture and achievement. After the French Revolution society could thus be recreated here inspired by the illustrations and descriptions of the daily toils and talents of the common folk. Today these refined engravings are prized for their diverse and elegant representations of the arts and craftsmanship as well as attention to detail of costume elements of travel architectural landscape and perspective. Matted in Rag Board Diderot & D'Alembert, unknown
1763réf. 4597Paris:: Diderot & D'Alembert 1763. First printing. Fine. Folio. 11.25 x 17.25 inches. A fine original copperplate engraving printed on heavy handmade deckle-edged rag stock uncut and published as part of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers; the essential exploratory encyclopedia of arts science and industry produced during the Age of Enlightenment. This keynote work extolled the artistic virtues and labors of the common man during pre-Revolutionary France. Didactic in nature the plates were engraved and documented in meticulous detail and represented a fine visual record of French culture and achievement. After the French Revolution society could thus be recreated here inspired by the illustrations and descriptions of the daily toils and talents of the common folk. Today these refined engravings are prized for their diverse and elegant representations of the arts and craftsmanship as well as attention to detail of costume elements of travel architectural landscape and perspective. Matted in Rag Board Diderot & D'Alembert, unknown
1763réf. 4596Paris:: Diderot & D'Alembert 1763. First printing. Fine. Folio. 11.25 x 17.25 inches. A fine original copperplate engraving printed on heavy handmade deckle-edged rag stock uncut and published as part of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers; the essential exploratory encyclopedia of arts science and industry produced during the Age of Enlightenment. This keynote work extolled the artistic virtues and labors of the common man during pre-Revolutionary France. Didactic in nature the plates were engraved and documented in meticulous detail and represented a fine visual record of French culture and achievement. After the French Revolution society could thus be recreated here inspired by the illustrations and descriptions of the daily toils and talents of the common folk. Today these refined engravings are prized for their diverse and elegant representations of the arts and craftsmanship as well as attention to detail of costume elements of travel architectural landscape and perspective. Matted in Rag Board Diderot & D'Alembert, unknown
1763réf. 4605Paris:: Diderot & D'Alembert 1763. First printing. Fine. Folio. 11.25 x 17.25 inches. A fine original copperplate engraving printed on heavy handmade deckle-edged rag stock uncut and published as part of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers; the essential exploratory encyclopedia of arts science and industry produced during the Age of Enlightenment. This keynote work extolled the artistic virtues and labors of the common man during pre-Revolutionary France. Didactic in nature the plates were engraved and documented in meticulous detail and represented a fine visual record of French culture and achievement. After the French Revolution society could thus be recreated here inspired by the illustrations and descriptions of the daily toils and talents of the common folk. Today these refined engravings are prized for their diverse and elegant representations of the arts and craftsmanship as well as attention to detail of costume elements of travel architectural landscape and perspective. Matted in Rag Board Diderot & D'Alembert, unknown
1763réf. 4604Paris:: Diderot & D'Alembert 1763. First printing. Fine. Folio. 11.25 x 17.25 inches. A fine original copperplate engraving printed on heavy handmade deckle-edged rag stock uncut and published as part of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers; the essential exploratory encyclopedia of arts science and industry produced during the Age of Enlightenment. This keynote work extolled the artistic virtues and labors of the common man during pre-Revolutionary France. Didactic in nature the plates were engraved and documented in meticulous detail and represented a fine visual record of French culture and achievement. After the French Revolution society could thus be recreated here inspired by the illustrations and descriptions of the daily toils and talents of the common folk. Today these refined engravings are prized for their diverse and elegant representations of the arts and craftsmanship as well as attention to detail of costume elements of travel architectural landscape and perspective. Matted in Rag Board Diderot & D'Alembert, unknown
1763réf. 4592Paris:: Diderot & D'Alembert 1763. First printing. Fine. Folio. 9.25 x 14.25 inches. A fine original copperplate engraving printed on rag stock and published as part of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers; the essential exploratory encyclopedia of arts science and industry produced during the Age of Enlightenment. This keynote work extolled the artistic virtues and labors of the common man during pre-Revolutionary France. Didactic in nature the plates were engraved and documented in meticulous detail and represented a fine visual record of French culture and achievement. After the French Revolution society could thus be recreated here inspired by the illustrations and descriptions of the daily toils and talents of the common folk. Today these refined engravings are prized for their diverse and elegant representations of the arts and craftsmanship as well as attention to detail of costume elements of travel architectural landscape and perspective. Matted in Rag Board Diderot & D'Alembert, unknown
1763réf. 4591Paris:: Diderot & D'Alembert 1763. First printing. Fine. Folio. 9.25 x 14.25 inches. A fine original copperplate engraving printed on rag stock and published as part of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers; the essential exploratory encyclopedia of arts science and industry produced during the Age of Enlightenment. This keynote work extolled the artistic virtues and labors of the common man during pre-Revolutionary France. Didactic in nature the plates were engraved and documented in meticulous detail and represented a fine visual record of French culture and achievement. After the French Revolution society could thus be recreated here inspired by the illustrations and descriptions of the daily toils and talents of the common folk. Today these refined engravings are prized for their diverse and elegant representations of the arts and craftsmanship as well as attention to detail of costume elements of travel architectural landscape and perspective. Matted in Rag Board Diderot & D'Alembert, unknown
1763réf. 4603Paris:: Diderot & D'Alembert 1763. First printing. Fine. Folio. 11.25 x 17.25 inches. A fine original copperplate engraving printed on heavy handmade deckle-edged rag stock uncut and published as part of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers; the essential exploratory encyclopedia of arts science and industry produced during the Age of Enlightenment. This keynote work extolled the artistic virtues and labors of the common man during pre-Revolutionary France. Didactic in nature the plates were engraved and documented in meticulous detail and represented a fine visual record of French culture and achievement. After the French Revolution society could thus be recreated here inspired by the illustrations and descriptions of the daily toils and talents of the common folk. Today these refined engravings are prized for their diverse and elegant representations of the arts and craftsmanship as well as attention to detail of costume elements of travel architectural landscape and perspective. Matted in Rag Board Diderot & D'Alembert, unknown
1763réf. 4606Paris:: Diderot & D'Alembert 1763. First printing. Fine. Folio. 10.25 x 16.5 inches. A fine original copperplate engraving printed on heavy handmade rag stock published as part of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers; the essential exploratory encyclopedia of arts science and industry produced during the Age of Enlightenment. This keynote work extolled the artistic virtues and labors of the common man during pre-Revolutionary France. Didactic in nature the plates were engraved and documented in meticulous detail and represented a fine visual record of French culture and achievement. After the French Revolution society could thus be recreated here inspired by the illustrations and descriptions of the daily toils and talents of the common folk. Today these refined engravings are prized for their diverse and elegant representations of the arts and craftsmanship as well as attention to detail of costume elements of travel architectural landscape and perspective. Matted in Rag Board Diderot & D'Alembert, unknown
1763réf. 4600Paris:: Diderot & D'Alembert 1763. First printing. Fine. Folio. 11.25 x 17.25 inches. A fine original copperplate engraving printed on heavy handmade deckle-edged rag stock uncut and published as part of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers; the essential exploratory encyclopedia of arts science and industry produced during the Age of Enlightenment. This keynote work extolled the artistic virtues and labors of the common man during pre-Revolutionary France. Didactic in nature the plates were engraved and documented in meticulous detail and represented a fine visual record of French culture and achievement. After the French Revolution society could thus be recreated here inspired by the illustrations and descriptions of the daily toils and talents of the common folk. Today these refined engravings are prized for their diverse and elegant representations of the arts and craftsmanship as well as attention to detail of costume elements of travel architectural landscape and perspective. Matted in Rag Board Diderot & D'Alembert, unknown