Dessein, Contenant 39 Planches, Dont 37 Simples et Une Double. [Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication.]

Cochin, Charles Nicolas; Diderot, Denis; Prévost, Benoît Louis; Benard, Robert

Published by n.p. n.d. [c. 1777], [likely, Paris], 1777

About this Item

Marbled paper over boards, plain paper backstrip with (faded) manuscript title; folio (390x247mm); pp. 12 (text in French), and 38 engraved plates. Some chipping along spine and edges of boards. FFEP brittle and detached; plates III (double-page), VII, XII, XIV, XV, XXIII, XVII, XXX waterstained along fore-edge, creeping somewhat into images. Printed to accompany "Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication," the plates accompanying the "Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" of Diderot and d'Alembert. The volume was issued in 1763, the entire set completed in 1777. The plates were engraved by Bénard (32) and Prévost (6).

Seller Inventory # LD14345

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dessein, Contenant 39 Planches, Dont 37 Simples et Une Double. [Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication.]
• Publisher: n.p. n.d. [c. 1777], [likely, Paris]
• Publication Date: 1777
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
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