ENCYCLOPEDIE PANCKOUCKE] - Recueil de planches de l'encyclo - Lot 25

ENCYCLOPEDIE PANCKOUCKE] - Recueil de planches de l'encyclopédie par ordre de matières. Paris, Panckoucke - Liège, Plomteux, 1783-1789. 7 vols. in-4, approx. 1746 plates, most on double pages, 20 plates missing from volumes II and VIII, contemporary fawn half-calf, smooth spine decorated, bindings worn, hinges split, some missing. I. (7) pp, 227 eng. (Starch-maker - Slate-maker - Argenteur - Armorer - Artificer - Gold-beater - Baker - Brewery - Canons - Printing type - Tiler - Cartier - Cardboard-maker - Candlestick-maker - Coal - Cider - Bells - Confectioner - Seamstress - Roofer - Cook, etc.) -- II. 209/249 eng. Etain - Fanons à baleine - Fer - Filets de pêche et de chasse - Fontainier - Fromage d'Auvergne, de gruyères et de Gerardmer - Fumiste - Glaces - Globes - Gravure, Glaces, Globes, Horlogerie,etc.), missing 40 plates and table. -- III. (4 ) pp. 266 eng. (Watchmaking, cont. - Printing - Mathematical instruments - Musical instruments - Lead rolling - Lensmaker - Luthier - Masonry - Stone cutting - Marble work - Paper marble - Blacksmith - Carpenter - Millwork - Mirror work - Coinage, etc.) -- IV. (4) pp. 257 eng. (Mosaic - Goldsmiths - Stationers - Perfumers - Patent Craftsmen - Painters - Wigmakers - Smoking Pipes - Plumbers - Earthen Potters - Gunpowder - Saltworks - Locksmiths - Sugarworks - Tobacco - Goldsmiths and Spinners - Coopers, Turners, etc.) -- V. (4) pp, 262 eng. (Turner and lathes of all kinds - Basketmaker - Glassmaker - Vinegar and mustard maker - Glazier and glass painter - Iron roofs and floors - Navy). The Navy alone has 175 plates, most on double page or folded, some light spotting. -- VI. (4) pp, 290 eng. (Hosiery - Embroidery - Art of the cardier, or cardmaker - Cordage - Hemp and linen - Hatter - Cordage - Lace - Drapery - Spinning - Fabric frieze - Gasser - Clothes, costumes - Lingerie - Clothmaking - Fashions - Trimmings - Twisting - Dressmaking - Tailors - Gobelins Tapestry - Toilerie, etc.) --VII. (4) pp, 235 engravings (Military art - Equitation - Fencing - Choreography or art of dance - Coat of arms or heraldic art - Mathematics - Hydrostatics, hydrodynamics and hydraulics - Optics - Astronomy - Method for the knowledge of birds by beak and legs - Glassmaking etc.).