1776 1ed Encyclopedia of Yverdon Illustrated Surgery Anatomy Alchemy Diamonds

1776 1^ed Encyclopedia of Yverdon Illustrated Surgery Anatomy Alchemy Diamonds

Carpentry ENGINEERING Mining + 142 Copper Plates!

Often called the “Protestant Encyclopedia,” this encyclopedia was a response work to the famous Diderot and d’Alembert Universal Dictionary. This “Encyclopaedia of Yverdon” was published as a ‘less-anti-religious’ work than that of Diderot. This French universal dictionary is filled with 142 copper engravings. This third volume from the complete set covers topics from C-D and has illustrations of carpentry, wood construction, bridge building, surgery, human anatomy (skeletons), medical instruments, cobblers, gilders, chemists and alchemists, diamond grinders, wagon builders, lace bracers, clothmakers, seamstresses, ropes, roofers, and many other professions.

Item number: #383

Price: $950

FELICE, Fortune Barthelmy de

Encyclopédie, Ou Dictionnaire Universel Raisonné Des Connoissances Humaines.

Yverdon, 1776. First edition.

Details:

• Collation complete with all pages:
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure, front & back board attached by rope cords
• Language: French
• Provenance: Bookplate – Joannis Cornelii Van Den Eynde
• Size: ~10in X 8in (25cm x 20cm)

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