1847 Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, 1847-1852, 27 volumes de texte et 3 volumes d'Atlas, soit 30 volumes in 8° reliés demi-chagrin brun foncé, dos à nerfs orné de filets dorés et de caissons à froid ; texte sur deux colonnes ; habituelles rousseurs ; infimes frottis d'usage.
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Bel exemplaire, bien complet des 406 planches gravées hors-texte, certaines à double-page. ...................... Photos sur demande ..........................
Librairie ancienne le Bouquiniste Cumer-Fantin
M. Jean Paul Cumer-Fantin
34 rue Michelet
42000 Saint-Etienne
France
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Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, 1846-51, in-8°, text on 2 col., light browning and (mainly marg.) foxing in places, with atlas containing 380 finely steelengraved plates, libr. stamp on fly title as well on first plate of both vol. ‘V. Berthoud notaire’, also ‘Pierre Buchs ...’ half cloth bindings gilt and titles on spines, slight rubbing.
New fully revised and enlarged edition of the best contemporary dictionary of sciences, literature, arts, industry, agriculture and commerce, which was first published in 1832 under the direction of Courtin.The volumes of engravings contain altogether engraved 380 plates of which 28 double and/or folding and 2 quadruple folding:Agriculture (23) / Anatomie humaine (8) / Architecture (58 of which 5 double=63), some of these plates with pencil drawings by former owner. / Astronomie (6 of which 5 2 double=8) / Chemins de fer (4) / Chronométrie (4 of which 5 1 double) / Chimie (8) / Arts chimiques (18 of which 5 5 double=23; la bière, le blanchiment, la distillation, etc.). / Géologie (6) / Géométrie (11 of which 5 1 double=12) / Hydrostatique et hydrodynamique (26 of which 1 folding=26) / Histoire naturelle (47) / Métallurgie (5 of which 5 1 double=6) / Art militaire (10 of which 5 2 double=12) / Musique (16) / Mécanique (6 dont 4 double=10) / Arts mécaniques (59 of which 2 double=61) / Fabrication de papier (2 quadruple=8) / Navigation (12 of which 5 1 faux-double=12) / Optique (14 of which 5 4 double=18) / Physique (27).
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