N.P. n.p. n.d. folio. modern stiff paper wrappers. 3 leaves. These are the famous illustrations of French box making and gaufrering technique from the 1765 Diderot-D'Alembert Encycolpédie. Two plates and the instructive text for the plates on a separate sheet. Modern wrappers.
Philadelphia, PA: M. Carey and Son, 1819. 8vo. original paper-covered board back cover only; others missing. xvi, (9)-280 pages. First edition (Shaw and Shoemaker 49094; Sabin 62041; Rink, Technical Americana 3014). Preface, index, Thirteen essays dealing with the question of manufacturing in the United States and the need for protective tariffs. A supplement to the text includes petitions to the U.S. Congress on the subject, with one from the Society for the Promotion of American...
