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1767réf. 30162Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins: 3 plates and 1 text sheet. The plates display a vignette that represents the interior of the atelier where the furnace is seen in the chaudiere from which the lead is melted ; and where the mixture of the oprin is done plus the drawings of all the tools and equipments for the casting of bullets. unknown books
1767réf. 30159Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins. 17 text pages plus one folio and 25 plates . plates numbered 3 6 7 8 24 and 25 are all double plates. This 25 fascinating plates detail the art of casting cannons the machines the moulds for the casting of cannons bombs and bullets. In fact each plate from 1 to 25 is a fascinating journey through drawings of craftsmen working on different design of cannons specially on the double plates also on plates 1 2 3 display general plans of impressive furnaces foundations on minute detail. unknown books
1767réf. 30161Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins. 6 plates and 2 descriptive text sheets. The first plate represents the interior of an atelier in which several craftsmen of this profession are engaged in various operations and the planes of the double furnace. Plates 2- 6 are drawings of interesting tools plans and molds used in the sand foundry. unknown books
1767réf. 30160Paris 1767. The following plates come from a defective copy of Volume 5 and are generally in excellent condition with full margins. 8 plates followed by their 4 text sheets. Plates are numbered 1-8. Plate 1 is a double plate showing samples and tuning forks. Plates 2 3 4 5 are drawings of the fabrication the molds plan and elevation of the furnace and the operation. Plate 6 is a drawing of a factory where the operation of cooling the bells is in the process. Plates 7 8 are drawings of the towers and the suspension of the bells. unknown books
1966réf. 67026Paris: Cercle du Livre Précieux 1966. Reprint. Leather bound. Very Good. Will require extra postage due to weight it is very heavy shipping outside of the United States is greatly discouraged!!! Folio 39 cm Ex-library with several discreet library marks including very faint library numbers on the spines. Sprinkled calf with 7 compartments in gilt on the spines. Red and green spine labels. Marbled endpapers. Silk ribbon page-markers. The extremities are rubbed and the spine ends are lightly chipped. French text. Number 840 in an edition of 3000. Chock full of lavish plates some double some folded. Ce Volume constitute la première reproduction rigoureuse et intégral de l'édition originale des planches de L'Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire des Sciences des Arts et des Métiers mis en ordre et publiés par MM. Diderot et d'Alembert. Denis Diderot 1713-1784 was a French writer philosopher and art critic who with Voltaire to a large extent defined the French Enlightenment during the greater part of the 18th century. This is his major work a monument of the French Enlightenment and a representation of the standard of scholarly knowledge of the time and of the spirit of rationalism which pervaded 18th century thought. Cercle du Livre Précieux unknown books
1964réf. 815Paris: Cercle du Livre Precieux 1964. Hardcover. Very good. Complete in six folio volumes each 15 1/2" x 10 3/4" bound in fine leather with red and green title panels and gilt to the spines. Print run limited to 3000 copies of which this is No. 817. Most of the pages consist of plates many double page and fold out on a dizzying array of subjectsA translation of the colophon states "This volumes constitutes the first and complete reproduction of the original edition of the plates of L'Encycloedie ou Dictionairre Raisonne Des Sciences Des Arts Et Des Metiers assembled and published by MM Diderot et d'Alembert."The Encyclop�die ou Dictionnaire Raisonn� des Sciences des Arts et des M�tiers Encyclopedia or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences Arts and Crafts and known as the Encyclop�die is undoubtedly one of the most significant intellectual works of the 18th century. Published between 1751 and 1772 under the direction of philosopher Denis Diderot and mathematician Jean d�Alembert the Encyclop�die contains 71818 articles covering all fields of knowledge of the time. Over 150 literary scholars other types of scholars and various specialists including doctors botanists chemists and physicists worked together on this ambitious and costly collaborative project. The Encyclop�die is the product of the Enlightenment philosophical movement in Europe.and sought to democratize access to knowledge.- Library of Parliament.Diderot and the other contributors advocated for the secularization of learning away from the Jesuits. Aiming to incorporate all of the world's knowledge into the Encyclop�die they hoped that the text could disseminate all this information to the public and future generations thereby furthering the democratization of knowledge. Cercle du Livre Precieux hardcover books
1901réf. 241203Boston: Hardy Pratt & Co 1901. Hardcover. Good. Versallies. Good/ jagged edges major foxing on pages expected markings on the cover. Introduction is done by C. A. Sainte-Beuve translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. Hardy, Pratt & Co hardcover books
1765réf. 1378717Paris: Briasson David Le Breton 1765. Quarto 23 1 pages 64 plates. In Very Good minus condition. In later rough paper wraps. Front wrap detached but present. Some wear and rubbing to extremities of text block. Some foxing and toning throughout. PB consignment. Shelved in Room A Oversized. The 64 plates were engraved by Bernard after drawings by Goussier. They cover large format from pendulum clocks grandfather clocks and tower clocks to small carrying watches and pocket watches. Also depicted are star clocks calendar clocks and gear related mechanicals such as music boxes gear trains and extravagant dials. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology now the National Museum of American History before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments. 1378717. Special Collections. [Briasson, David, Le Breton] unknown books
1969réf. 1389697Paris & New York: Pergamon Press 1969. Readex Compact Edition. Loose folio. Folios Five Volumes. In Very Good condition. Burgundy spines with gilded lettering. Full bindings in Burgundy cloth. Boards show light shelf wear and minor scuffing. Text blocks are clean. Shelved in Locked Annex Area Multi-Volumes Column. CONTENTS: Vol.I. "Tomes I-VI" 1491 Pages -- Vol. II. "Tomes VII-XII" 1453 Pages -- Vol.III. "Tomes XIII-XVII" 1481 Pages -- Vol. IV. " Tomes XVIII-XXIII Plates" 1146 Pages -- Vol. V. "Tomes XXIV-XXXV Supplements & Index" 1453 Pages. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1389697. FP New Rockville Stock. Pergamon Press unknown books
réf. 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 books
1969réf. BN671651Pergamon Press 1969. 1969. Hardcover. Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences des arts et des metiers par une societe de gens de lettres. Mis en ordre & publie par M. Diderot . Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences des arts et des metiers par une societe de gens de lettres. Mis en ordre & publie par M. Diderot . Diderot Denis u. Jean D'Alembert Pergamon Press hardcover
réf. BN64475Akademie Verlag Berlin 1958. 1958. Hardcover. Einleitende Abhandlung zur Enzyklopädie 1751 Akademie Verlag Berlin hardcover
1766réf. 78904No place: LÃmprimerie des Éditeurs c. 1766. 4to edition 325x245 cm. 19th century boards covered with decorated paper. With 8 plates engraved by Benard includinng 1 double-page engraving. Only a very few small brown spots mainly marginal but clear plates with wide margins. (LÃmprimerie des Éditeurs) hardcover
1766réf. 78912No place: L'Imprimerie des Éditeurs c. 1766. 4to edition 32x25 cm. 19th century boards covered with decorated paper. Spine with tears. 21 plates 2 double-page engraved by Benard. Plates are browned and 16 plates with marginal waterstain for 4 plates more serious: affecting the engravings. - Contents: Armurier 2 plates Arquebusier 6 plates incl. 1 double-page plate Armes 5 plates incl. 1 double-page plate Artificier 6 plates and Agenteur 2 plates. (L'Imprimerie des Éditeurs) hardcover
1765réf. 78902Paris: De l'Imprimerie des Éditeurs c. 1765. Folio 39x25 cm. Contemporary portfolio removed vellum bindinga bit warpled. Loosely inserted 26 pp. text printed in 2 columns some textleaves soiled and 33 engraved plates "Art Héraldique" numbered 1-27 including 1 threefolt plate and 6 Supplement plates "Blasons" geometrical drawings no 1-6. All the plates engraved by Benard - Complete section but sub-title missing. (De l'Imprimerie des Éditeurs) hardcover
1770réf. 78927Paris: De l'Imprimerie des Éditeurs c. 1770. Large folio 44x28 cm. 20th century interim-wrappers. Uncut. iii: texti:blank pp. and 16 engraved plates showing tools and atelier of turners and horny-workers. The plates are engraved by Benard after Lucotte. - Nice spotless collection with wide margins. (De l'Imprimerie des Éditeurs) unknown
1780réf. 78961Paris: Chez l'Imprimerie des Éditeurs ca 1780. 4to 26x20 cm. 19th century half leather rubbed top spine dam.; covers with marbled paper rubbed; corners bumped and damaged. Endpapers and preliminaries missing. Page 1-48: Explanatory text for the plates printed in 2 columns p.353637 & 38 missing. With 64 engraved plates.: plates engraved by Benard: 1 Architeture proprement dite. 39 numbered plates on 35 leaves 21 large folding plates. - 2 Couppe des pierres. 5 plates. - 3 Développement d'un moulin à vent part of description plate 3 p.35 missing. 3 plates. - 4 Machine à forer les pierres. explanatory text p.36 missing. 1 plate. - 5 Architecture Maçonnerie. description plate 1-10 p.363738 missing. 13 plates waterstain in lower margin affecting the engraved text. - 6. Carrier-platrier. 1 plate. - 7 Couvreur. 1 plate. - 8 Architecture carreleur. 2 plates. - Tuilerie. 3 plates. - The plates in section 5 up to 9 included with waterstain in lower margin affecting the engraved text; the last 4 plates also stained in inner margin and the last plate also damaged in lower margin. - The other plates in good condition. - Plates are showing tools & machinery and also nice scenes of monuments interior decoration sacred buildings fountains etc. - Together with 64 engraved plates complete. Chez l'Imprimerie des Éditeurs hardcover
1759réf. 181611London: Printed for D. Wilson and T. Durham 1759. Building the Montesquieuvian legend in the English-speaking world First edition in English including the first English translations of the Defence of the Spirit of Laws - "the most brilliantly written of all his works" Ency. Brit - and of the final eight Persian Letters. The collection also includes a 52-page eulogy by d'Alembert who worked to bring Montesquieu into the group working on the Encyclopédie. The utilitarian approach to religious commandments in the Spirit of Laws provoked fierce criticisms of moral degradation blasphemy and atheism. The Defence was Montesquieu's reply reiterating his Christian credentials and receiving praise from no less a figure than Voltaire. For Carruthers it remains "the most revelatory of all Montesquieu's writings regarding his understanding of his method as a political philosopher" p. 22. The remaining pieces capture Montesquieu in a range of less familiar settings including historical fiction Lysimachus love poetry The Temple of Gnidus and a protean article for the Encyclopédie An Essay on Taste. Octavo 195 x 122 mm pp. vi 2 334. Woodcut title vignette. Contemporary mottled calf spine and covers ruled in gilt edges sprinkled red. With 1926 ink ownership signature to front pastedown. Light wear slight loss to spine ends and splitting to joints holding firm minor browning and foxing to contents: a very good copy. ESTC T89091. David W. Carruthers ed. Montesquieu: Discourses Dissertations and Dialogues on Politics Science and Religion 2020 unknown
1995réf. x-0226134768Univ of Chicago Pr 1995. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 224 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.50 inches. Univ of Chicago Pr paperback
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1772réf. ZB1022083Paris 1772. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday Oct. 26 weekend SALE item three items bound together in contemporary decorative boards & leather backstrip; Tourneur et Tour a Figure : 19 text pp. 87 plates; Vannier : 1 text pp. 3 plates; Tonnelier : 3 text pp. 8 plates. Text and plates are clean and supple. Wear and rubbing to spine age-toning to covers; overall very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Paris hardcover
réf. 121993Paris Chez Briasson David Le Breton Durand Paris; Chez M.M. Rey Amsterdam; Chez Pancoucke Paris & Chez M.M. Rey Amsterdam 1751-1765; 1776-1777; 1776-1780. . 35 volumes including Supplements and Index; folio; engraved allegorical frontispiece after Cochin fils by Prevost engraved plates; contemporary mottled calf some restoration to spines a very attractive set. The first edition of Diderot's crowning achievement. The finest most extensive and famous encyclopaedic work on the sciences arts and professions of the 18th century and arguably the most influential piece of French literature the Encyclopedie originated with the publisher's suggestion for a translation of Chambers Cyclopaedia into French. Diderot 1713-84 however persuaded him to undertake a new work along the same lines but greatly extended in size and scope which would employ all the active writers of its time all the new ideas and all the new knowledge circulating in the cultured class in France but needed further dispersal in order to be effective. The importance of this work is to be found in the contributions of over 200 philosophers writers scientists and jurists of the era of Enlightenment like Voltaire Montesquieu Rousseau Buffon Marmontel Necker Condorcet Turgot and others. The greater part of the 71818 entries however was written by the editors Diderot and d'Alembert 1717-1783 followed by Baron Holbach who contributed about 400 articles. Moreover the Encyclopedie is famous for its fine and accurate engravings. 'The purpose of an encyclopaedia is to assemble the knowledge scattered over the surface of the earth; to explain its general plan to the men with whom we live and to transmit it to the men who come after us; in order that the labours of centuries past may not be in vain during centuries to come; that our descendants by becoming better instructed may as a consequence be more virtuous and happier and that we may not die without having deserved well of the human race' Diderot quoted from the article on encyclopaedias in the present work. The Encyclopedie takes for granted the justice of religious tolerance and speculative freedom and asserts the democratic doctrine that the main concern of the nation's government should be the lot of the common people. It is also an exaltation of scientific knowledge on one hand and peaceful industry on the other. In 1759 the Encyclopedie was formally suppressed but work went on although D'Alembert withdrew leaving Diderot to work alone. Since it had a very large number of contributors there was no narrowly sectarian viewpoint although there was a convergence of aim. As an anthology of enlightened opinions on politics philosophy and religion the Encyclopedie is one of the most important works of modern thought. It is also remains a landmark in the history of massive publishing projects. The full set comprises 35 volumes published over almost 30 years. The first seven volumes with articles by Voltaire Rousseau Montesquieu and many other figureheads of the Enlightenment were published in Paris under a royal privilege which was however withdrawn in 1759 after which the project was closed down. With the help of Madam de Pompadour among others the remaining volumes were printed secretly with a fictitious imprint. The plate volumes have a different history since they were not considered subversive; they were were published in Paris between 1762-72. A full description is available upon request. PMM 200; Palgrave I 577; Brunet II 700. Paris, Chez Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand, Paris; Chez M.M. Rey, Amsterdam; Chez Pancoucke, Paris & Chez M.M. Rey, Amsterda unknown
réf. 88723Briasson D. Le Breton Durand & Neuchatel Faulche Paris and MM Rey Amsterdam 1751-80. . 35 vols folio. Half-titles except in text vols 8-17 woodcut device on title-pages some woodcut initials head- and tailpieces 7 folding letterpress tables a few woodcut illustrations engraved frontispiece in volume 1 2796 engraved plates including some double-page or folding. Full contemporary calf. First edition of the finest most extensive and famous encyclopedic work on the sciences arts and professions of the 18th century a revolutionary monument in the history of European thought. The importance of the frequently republished but never surpassed first edition is to be found in the contributions of over 200 philosophers writers scientists and jurists of the era of Enlightenment like Voltaire Montesquieu Rousseau Buffon Marmontel Necker Condorcet Turgot and others. The greater part of the 71818 entries however was written by the editors Diderot 1713-84 and d'Alembert 1717-83 followed by Baron Holbach who contributed about 400 articles. Moreover the encyclopaedia is famous for its fine and accurate engravings and is still a primary source for the study of 18th century civilisation. It contains according to the number of plates given on the title-pages 3129 plates because double triple or quadruple folding plates are counted as 2 3 or 4 adding up to the amount of 2796 plates as in our copy. The first seven volumes with articles by Voltaire Rousseau Montesquieu and many other figureheads of the Enlightenment were published at Paris under a royal privilege which was however withdrawn in 1759 after which the project was closed down. The remaining volumes were printed secretly with a fictitious imprint. The plate-vols. have a different history since they were not considered being subversive; they were published in Paris between 1762-1772. The supplement volumes were published in one edition only but in two issues one with a Paris imprint the other with an Amst. imprint edited by Jean Baptiste Rene Robinet 1735-1820. The supplementary volume of plates has the imprint 'Amst. and Paris'. The two-vol. index was published in 1780 and edited by Pierre Mouchon 1733-1797. Briasson, D. Le Breton, Durand, & Neuchatel, Faulche, Paris and MM Rey, Amsterdam, 1751-80. unknown
1768réf. 4820DB1768. Band 6 von 12. Paris Briasson David Le Breton u. Durand. 1768 Folio. 13 S. 1 Bl. 12 S. 104 Kupfer ca 52 S. 160 Kupfer Tafeln teilweise gefaltet. Nur der 6. Band dieser Enzyklopädie. Enthält die Berufe/Gebiete: Naturgeschichte Tierreich Pflanzenwelt Bergbau Mineralogie. unknown