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Descriptions des arts et métiers

Title: Descriptions des arts et métiers / faites ou approuvées par messieurs de l'Académie royale des sciences ; avec figures en taille-douce. [Cahiers 1-7].
Publication: A Paris : Chez Desaint & Saillant, Libraires ..., 1761-[1762?]

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Book/Text	Permit needed	Schlosser 444	Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Description

7 pts. : ill., plan; 48 cm. (fol.)

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Note

Brunet and Grässe record title as: Description des arts et métiers.
The entire set comprises 81 items, including supplements and corrections, issued separately by various publishers in ca. 115 parts (cahiers), 1761-1788. For detailed account, cf. Cole & Watts.
Date of publication of pts. [1-7] inferred from the fact that all items are included in v. 1-2 of the German translation, Schauplatz der Künste und Handwerke, 1762-1763 (pref. to v. 2 dated Jan. 8, 1763). Cole & Watts assign date 1764 to the 2 items by Réaumur.
General half-title, general t.p. dated 1761, and "Avertissement" to the set: [4], iv p. at beginning of pt. [1]. The "Avertissement" was perhaps issued in 1759; cf. Cole & Watts, p. 27.
Illustrations: 37 prints : engraving ; plate mark 36 x 46 cm. (1) and full-page (plate mark 35 x 41 cm. or smaller). 22 were drawn and engraved for this work by Pierre Patte (some dated 1761); 15 were originally engraved for earlier treatises prepared at the behest of the Academy, and chiefly reworked by Patte. The latter group comprises 9 by Louis Simonneau, dated 1698 or 1702; 5 by Claude Lucas (4 after Louis Bretez), chiefly dated 1716 or 1718; and 1 by J.-B. Haussard after Bretez and Jean Chauffourier.
Tailpieces; t.p. vignette.
Includes indexes.

Indexed In (note)

Brunet
Grässe
Cole & Watts. Handicrafts of France

Contents

[pt. 1] Art du charbonnier, ou, Maniere de faire le charbon de bois / par M. Duhamel du Monceau. [4], iv, 30 p., I leaf of plates -- [pt. 2] Art du chandelier / par M. Duhamel du Monceau. [2], 41, [1] p., III leaves of plates -- [pt. 3] Fabrique des ancres / lue à l'Académie en juillet 1723 par M. de Reaumur ; avec des notes & des additions de M. Duhamel. 54 p., VI leaves of plates -- [pt. 4] Art de faire le papier / M. de la Lande. [2], iv, 150 p., XIV leaves of plates (1 folded) -- [pt. 5] Art de l'épinglier / par M. de Reaumur ; avec des additions de M. Duhamel du Monceau, & des remarques extraites des Mémoires de M. Perronet. 77, [1] p., VII leaves of plates -- [pts. 6-7] Art des forges et fourneaux a fer. Premiere [-seconde] section / par M. le marquis de Courtivron et par M. Bouchu. [2], 66 p., IV leaves of plates; 31, [1] p., II leaves of plates.

Call Number

Schlosser 444

OCLC

NYPG89-B55809

Title

Descriptions des arts et métiers / faites ou approuvées par messieurs de l'Académie royale des sciences ; avec figures en taille-douce. [Cahiers 1-7].

Imprint

A Paris : Chez Desaint & Saillant, Libraires ..., 1761-[1762?]

Indexed In:

Brunet, II, col. 618-620

Grässe, II, p. 366-367

Cole & Watts. Handicrafts of France, p. 27, 34, 31, 25

Local Note

Schlosser Coll. copy lacks special t.p. to pt. [2] ([2] p. at beginning); in pt. [4], special t.p. and "Avertissement" ([2], iv p. at beginning) are bound at end, as issued.

Bound in 1 v.

Provenance: U[lco] P[roost] (bookplate).

Added Author

Duhamel du Monceau, M., 1700-1782.

Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de, 1683-1757.

Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de, 1732-1807.

Courtivron, Gaspard Le Compasseur de Créqui-Montfort, marquis de.

Bouchu, Étienne-Jean, 1714-1773.

Simonneau, Louis, 1654-1727.

Lucas, Claude.

Patte, Pierre, 1723-1814.

Bretez, Louis.

Chauffourier, Jean, 1679-1757.

Haussard, Jean-Baptiste, 1679 or 80-1749.

Académie royale des sciences (France)

Research Call Number

Schlosser 444

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