Verrerie : contenant soixante-neuf planches à cause de quinze doubles.
Alembert, Jean Le Rond d’, Alembert, Jean Le Rond d’,
Contributor(s): Petit-Radel, Louis François [illustrator.]
| Bernard, Robert [engraver.] | Diderot, Denis [author.]
Language: French Publisher: [France : publisher not identified, 1751-1765?].Description: 9 pages, 22, 19, 10, 3 pages of plates : illustrations ; 40 cm (folio).Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeUniform titles: Encyclopédie. Subject(s): Alembert, Jean Le Rond d’, 1717-1783 | Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784 | Encyclopédie | Glass manufacture -- France -- Early works to 1800| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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British Museum | Britain Europe and Prehistory | Rare | BEP RARE OS 86 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 10021494 |
Plates illustrated by Radel and engraved by Bernard.
Extract from the Encyclopédie regarding glass making techniques. Plates and their analytical descriptions.
Vererie en bois, ou petite verrerie a pivette [...] premiere section, petits ouvrages en vererie, comme verres à boire & autres ustensiles -- Verrerie en bois ou grande verrerie a vitres ou en plats, dite a pivette [...] seconde section -- Verrerie en bouteilles chauffée en charbon de terre [...] troisieme section: verrerie Françoise -- verrerie Angloise.
Text in French language.
Red leather binding, possibly 19th century with Name of the Department on Spine.