Accession number
PML 152806
Published
[s.l. : s.n., 177?]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Two copies, one is uncut (copy a)
Two pages of text and six plates describing the process of bookbinding. Taken from a copy of a reset supplement to: Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 8, by Diderot and d'Alembert.
"Livourne 1776"--1st text page of copy a in pencil.
Some plates signed: G s.[culpsit], or A[ntonio]B[aratti]
Plates I-VI are numbered 213-218, as well.
Two pages of text and six plates describing the process of bookbinding. Taken from a copy of a reset supplement to: Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 8, by Diderot and d'Alembert.
"Livourne 1776"--1st text page of copy a in pencil.
Some plates signed: G s.[culpsit], or A[ntonio]B[aratti]
Plates I-VI are numbered 213-218, as well.
Description
2 p., VI leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 45 x 30 cm (copy a) ; 39 x 26.7 cm (copy b) ; (platemarks 35.6 x 22.5 cm)
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Sheets stitched together, in modern grey folder.
Classification
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Department