Paris, France: 1763-1770. folio. leaves, some bound, in clamshell box. variously paginated. Text in French. A collection of seven items removed from the text of Diderot's Encycopédie. 1. "Cartonnier et gaufreur en carbon" (Boardmaker and board embosser). Two plates from Volume II (1763). Includes an engraving of a boardmaker's workshop at the top of Plate I. Also includes engraved illustrations of various tools. 2. "Parcheminier" (Parchment maker). Seven plates from Volume VIII (1771). Includes an.....
(London): S.J. Baker, Auctioneer & Valuer, 1933. 4to. cloth-backed paper-covered boards. (iv), vi, 46, (2) pages. Interleaved with bound-in ruled paper with lot numbers and prices realised written in, a few purchasers names also written in ink on catalogue text pages. With several important papers loosely inserted (see below). Of particular interest for the loosely inserted papers: 1) A T.L.s. from the Liquidator to J. Thomson, Northcliffe Newspapers Group, with attachment of "outstanding plant and.....
