[APPLIED ARTS - TAPESTRY]
[DIDEROT, DENIS and JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT]. [Three parts extracted from Volume VIII of the Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers], including: Tapissier; [together with:] Tapisserie de Haute-Lisse des Gobelins; [and] Tapisserie de Basse-Lisse des Gobelins. [Paris: 1771]. Modern terra-cotta morocco spine over salmon cloth boards, gilt. 17 x 10 1/4 inches (40.75 x 26.25 cm); [7] pp., 45 engraved plates, 11 of which are folding. Minor soiling to boards, contents with intermittent light toning and very occasional pale spots.
[APPLIED ARTS - TAPESTRY]
[DIDEROT, DENIS and JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT]. [Three parts extracted from Volume VIII of the Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers], including: Tapissier; [together with:] Tapisserie de Haute-Lisse des Gobelins; [and] Tapisserie de Basse-Lisse des Gobelins. [Paris: 1771]. Modern terra-cotta morocco spine over salmon cloth boards, gilt. 17 x 10 1/4 inches (40.75 x 26.25 cm); [7] pp., 45 engraved plates, 11 of which are folding. Minor soiling to boards, contents with intermittent light toning and very occasional pale spots.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, May 11, 2023