Complete file on the bookbinder’s trade from one of the eleven volumes of illustrations printed between 1762 and 1782 of Diderot and d’Alembert’s “L’Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts & des métiers, par une Société de Gens de lettres”. In folio, consisting of a page of explanations of the plates, followed by 7 plates engraved by Benard after drawings by Lucotte. The vignettes show the store where the artisans cast lead (plates I and II) and in the hangar (plate III). The other plates detail the various instruments used and the work carried out. pl. I: “Plomberie, l’Opération de couler le Plomb en Tables et Ustensiles du Plombier” pl. II: “Plomberie, l’Opération de couler le Plomb en Tuyaux, Plan, Coupe et Elévation du grand Fourneau.” pl. III: “Plomberie, Le Travail du Plomb en Tables pour l’arondir en Tuyaux, grande Table ou moule à couler le Plomb et autres Ustenciles du Plombier.” pl. IV: “Plomberie. Moule à faire les Tuyaux avec les développemens, Table sur laquelle on fait les Tuyaux moulés.” pl. V: “Plumbing, Table à couler le Plomb dit Plomb coulé sur toile, Ouvrages de Plomberie et Outils.” pl. VI: “Plumbing, Polastres de taule, Outils, Sellette, Corde knouée, Jambilte ou assemblage de differentes couroyes.” pl. VII: “Plumbing. Plumber’s Tools and Miscellaneous Plumbing Works.”
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