Art du Cardier, ou Faiseur de Cardes. The manufaction of wool scraper and cloth combs. Small workshop view as well as numerous details on the construction of the machine and its use together with tools. Set of the 4 (3 double full-page) plates. Engravings by Robert Benard (Paris 1734 – after 1777, recte rather c. 1786) from the quarto edition of the encyclopedia by Diderot and d’Alembert. (1786.) Inscribed: Pl. 1-4. / Benard direxit (Bl. 4), otherwise as above. 24.5-24.6 x 35.7-36 and 24.7 x 18.4 cm resp.
Instructive set . – Partly with figurative-typographic watermark (fragment). – Sheet 4 trimmed within the wide white platemark.
Offer no. 8,183 / EUR 115. (c. US$ 157.) + shipping
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