Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers par une société de gens de lettres (Vol 5)

Description

Bedford Collection B440 is a selection of plates, descriptive text and articles on different subjects taken from Denis Diderot, Recueil de planches (completed 1772), Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (1751-1765), and Charles Joseph Panckouke, Supplément a l'encyclopédie (1776-1780) in 5 volumes.

Vol 1 contains: 38 plates and descriptive text for the entry Menuisier en batimens [Joinery in building] from vol VII of plates, from the Encyclopédie 1 page [1007] from volume VII (1757) on guillaumes, 12 pages [346-357] from volume X (1765) describing La menuisieries en général, 1 page [726] from vol XI (1765) including Assemblages de menuiserie, 1 page [670] from vol XII (1765), 1 page [738] from vol XIII (1765) describing differentes sortes de rabots, and 1 page [258] from vol IV of the Supplément (1777). Vol 2 contains: plates and descriptive texts for the entries Ciseleur and damasquiner [metal working and damasking] from vol III of plates, from the Encyclopédie 1 page [617] from vol IV on Maniere de damasquiner, 1 page [207] from vol XVII including information on Les principaux ouvrages, 7 plates and descriptive text for the entry Plombier [lead works and plumbing] from vol VIII of plates, from Encyclopédie 1 page [233] from vol III, 1 page [534] from vol IV, 1 page [824] from vol V, 3 pages [208, 233, 529] from vol VII, 5 pages [781, 782, 785, 786, 812] from vol XII, 1 page [389] from vol XV, 4 pages [379, 367, 368, 770] from vol XVI, 1 page [788] from vol XII, 4 pages of descriptive text and 2 loose plates on Ferblantier [tinplate worker] from vol IV of plates, from the Encyclopédie 1 page [505] from vol VI, 2 pages [393, 932] from vol XV, and 1 page [17] from vol III of the Supplément, 3 loose plates and descriptive text on Coffretier [chest making etc] from vol III of plates, the from Encyclopédie 1 page [603] from vol III, 6 plates and descriptive text on Gainier [Case making] from vol IV of plates, from the Encyclopédie 2 pages [426, 940] from vol VII, 2 plates and descriptive text on Layetier [Box making] from vol V of plates, from the Encyclopédie 1 page [328] from vol IX, 3 plates and descriptive text on Vannier [basket- maker] from vol X of plates, from the Encyclopédie, 2 pages [834, 835] from vol XVI (1765). Vol 3 contains: 24 pages of descriptive text and 5 loose plates for the entry Doreur [Gilder] from vol III of plates, from the Encyclopédie 1 page [314] from vol I (1751), 5 pages [159, 270, 353, 450, 451] from vol II, 2 pages [252, 310] from vol IV, 6 pages [54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 630] from vol V, 2 pages [59, 504] from vol VI, 1 page [525] from vol VII, 3 pages [58, 59, 226] from vol IX, 1 page [529] from vol XI, 1 page [100] from vol XVII, 2 pages [735, 737] from vol II, 1 page [510] from vol IV of the Supplement, 14 loose plates and descriptive text for the entry Marbrerie [marble work] from vol V of plates, 1 page [593] from vol XVI of the Encyclopédie, 6 plates and descriptive text for the entry of Miroitier [Mirrors] from vol VIII, 1 page [572] from vol X of the Encyclopédie. Vol 4 contains: 57 plates and descriptive text for the entry on Serrurier [metal-worker and locksmith] from vol IX of plates, from the Encyclopédie 3 pages [381, 556, 618] from vol II, 3 pages [311, 480, 507] from vol III, 2 pages [181, 452] from vol IV, 1 page [656] from vol VI, 3 pages [44, 50, 518] vol VII, page [327] from vol VIII, 2 pages [399, 400] from vol XIV, 2 pages [118, 869] from vol XV, 20 pages [811-831] from vol XVII. Vol 5 contains: 11 plates and descriptive text for the entries on Ebenisterie and Marqueterie [cabinet-making and marquetry] from vol IV of plates, from the Encyclopédie 1 page [214] from vol V, 7 pages [137-143] from vol X, 2 pages [559, 568] from vol XII, 1 page [278] from vol VII, 1 page [719] from vol XI, 14 plates and descriptive text for the entry on Tapissier [upholsterer] from vol IX of plates, from the Encyclopédie 1 page [208] from vol II, 1 page [535] from vol IV, 1 page [313] from vol VIII.

Features

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection B440: each volume contains loose photocopied description[s] of its contents listed by the bookseller Henry Sotheran Ltd, 2 Sackville Street, Piccadilly, London; and a loose photocopied entry from a sale catalogue about these items.

Bindings

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection B440: modern [twentieth century] dark red cloth, gold tooled on spine: Diderot volume 1-5.

Provenance

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection B440 (5 vols): From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: FFo/76(5).

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