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Lot 131
Silver.- [Diderot (Denis) & J. d'Alembert.] Orfevre-Bijoutier, engraved plates, bound with others from the series, Paris, [1770] & others (5)
Hammer Price: £380
Description
Silver.- [Diderot (Denis) & J. d'Alembert.] Orfevre-Bijoutier, 7 engraved plates; Orfevre Grossier, 19 engraved plates; Plumassier Panachier, 5 engraved plates; Orfevre-Jouaillier, Metteur en Oeuvre, 11 engraved plates, together 4 works bound in 1 vol., with letterpress lists of plates but no text, later library morocco-backed boards, Paris, [c.1770] § Macquer (M.) Mémoire sur un Nouveau Métal connu sous le nom d'Or blanc ou de Platine, extract from 'Histoire de l'Academie Royale des Sciences', 3 folding engraved plates, library morocco-backed cloth, Paris, [1758]; and with 3 other volumes of plates from Diderot & d'Alembert (Potier d'Etain, 9 plates, & Potier d'Etain Bimblotier, 6 plates; Argenteur, 2 plates; Sculpture, 24 plates & Sculpture Fonte des Statues Equestres, 6 plates, 5 folding), folio; sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return (5)
Description
Silver.- [Diderot (Denis) & J. d'Alembert.] Orfevre-Bijoutier, 7 engraved plates; Orfevre Grossier, 19 engraved plates; Plumassier Panachier, 5 engraved plates; Orfevre-Jouaillier, Metteur en Oeuvre, 11 engraved plates, together 4 works bound in 1 vol., with letterpress lists of plates but no text, later library morocco-backed boards, Paris, [c.1770] § Macquer (M.) Mémoire sur un Nouveau Métal connu sous le nom d'Or blanc ou de Platine, extract from 'Histoire de l'Academie Royale des Sciences', 3 folding engraved plates, library morocco-backed cloth, Paris, [1758]; and with 3 other volumes of plates from Diderot & d'Alembert (Potier d'Etain, 9 plates, & Potier d'Etain Bimblotier, 6 plates; Argenteur, 2 plates; Sculpture, 24 plates & Sculpture Fonte des Statues Equestres, 6 plates, 5 folding), folio; sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return (5)
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