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...
Paris: Cercle de la Librarie, 1881. 4to. half calf with marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands on spine with title and ornament in gilt, marbled endpapers. (v), 32 pages with an additional 240 plates of illustrations. Exhibition catalog limited to 100 numbered copies. (see ATF Catalogue p.2300; Wing Collection p.902). Issued by this French Society of Publishers, Booksellers and Printers to accompany an exhibition of the best of contemporary French printing work. Printed on different...
