Section entitled “Artificier” from the Recueil de Planches … illustrating the article “Feux d'artifice Artificier ” in the ENCYCLOPÉDIE

by Denis Diderot, Jean le Rond d’Alembert

$950 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Originally included in the first fascicle livraison of Recueil de planches sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques. 2 pp. text one leaf + 7 engraved plates illustrating the tools and craft of making fireworks in 146 images. Folio. Removed. Slightly toned at edges, final plate a little ragged at outer edge; otherwise plates and first leaf of text clean and sound. Item #369250

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