Fonte Des Cloches (Bell forging).
Paris: Andre Le Breton. Wraps. Bell casting, with suite of 8 copper engraved plates, complete, plus 8 pp of accompanying text. In French. 1750 - 1772. Extract from Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.... Produced in the age of Enlightenment, this encyclopedia documented all the trades of the time.
Folio, 8pp extract, text in two columns, complete with the 8 plates, the first one being a large folding copper plate entitled 'Fonte Des Cloches, Echantillons et Diapasons'. Stitched binding, early blue paper wraps, printed on the inside with ads for other published works, the one at the rear being an architectural history dated 1857. Blue wraps, very good. Very good condition. Item #14812
Price: $275.00