Beschreibung:

[Diderot, Denis & D'Alembert, Jean]. Recueil de Planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication, Troisieme livraison, 298 planches, & Dixieme et derniere livraison, ou onzieme et dernier volume, 239 planches (volumes 4 & 11 from the total of 11 volumes of plates), Paris, chez Briasson, 1765 & 1772, volume 4: 275 engraved plates (some double-page) of 276, half-title with pictorial bookplate of Lessac to blank verso, a few minor spots or marks, dampstain to blank gutter at front, stitching showing but firm, contemporary mottled calf gilt, worn, two front corners with pinned metal covers (two rear corners with pinholes), joints cracked, folio, volume 11: 194 engraved plates (many folding, one double-page), a few minor spots, two plates spotted or marked, contemporary mottled calf gilt, rubbed with a little wear to extremities, spine with contrasting labels, folio (Qty: 2) Volumes 4 and 11 of the eleven plate volumes which form part of the original 28-volume 'Encyclopédie' published between 1751 and 1772, edited by Diderot and co-edited by d'Alembert until 1759. Volume 4 includes plates relating to cabinetmaking (marquetry), enamelling, fencing, floristry, tinsmithing, horology, furriery, large forges or iron art, and making pins, spurs, earthenware, gloves and glass, among other crafts and trades. Volume 11 includes weaving, passementerie, and gauze- ribbon- and silk-making.