Live auction - Lot 1381
[Dictionary - Arts & crafts]
Dictionnaire portatif des arts et metiers. Contenant en abrégé l'histoire, la description & la police des arts et métiers, des fabriques et manufactures de France & des pays etrangers.
Amsterdam, Arkstee & Merkus, M.M. Rey, 1767
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
2 vol., 8vo: [4]-xvi-624, [4]-688 pp.
Contemp. marbl. calf, gilt-orn. spines, red edges (rubbed, some sm. def.). Good set.
Rare first Amsterdam edition (orig. Paris 1766) of this pocket encyclopedia by the French historian Ph. Macquer (1720-1770), brother of the famous chemist Pierre-Joseph.
Ref. BnF. - Not in STCN.
Prov. Izegem Capuchins (libr. labels & stamps). - Ms. entry on titles erased.