1770 [5th] Nature Display'd Vol VII ~ Industry ~ Bell making ~ house construction ~ brass casting 19 x Fold out copper plate engravings [one missing]
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Nature Display's is also entitled Spectacle de la Nature from the original French editions.
This is a simply marvellous 250 year old book - being Volume VII [of nine I believe] covering all manner of man's 'industry'.
Sections include: The Habitations of Man (very interesting section on Rheims Cathedral bearing in mind it was burnt down so recently] ~ The Agreement between the Rough and Singing Music ~ Instructive Arts [such as Wax taper making, making glass, casting lead, diamond cutting etc. ~ Writing and Language [as this is translated from French the language discussed is French and Latin ~ Bell Founding ~ Figures Cast in Brass ~ Clock and Pendulums ~ Commerce ~ Politicks etc etc.
There are 34 plates including the frontis piece [plate thirty a view of Rheims Cathedral is missing - but appears never to have been bound in as happened from time to time] 13 of these are single pages dealing with language - the remainder are beautiful fold out copper plates.
There are keys to the diagrams and one could recreate how things were made at this time. Including a house!
The way things are going, this book may prove to be VERY useful in the future...
The text is charming - and written conversationally and full of interesting observations
The book is in amazingly good condition - but does have shelf wear ~ the lovely tree calf boards are still lovely ~ if not as wonderful as they once were! and the binding is firm.
Measures 6 by 4 inches
323 pages
DESPITE running to several editions - VERY SCARCE.
Nature Display's is also entitled Spectacle de la Nature from the original French editions.
This is a simply marvellous 250 year old book - being Volume VII [of nine I believe] covering all manner of man's 'industry'.
Sections include: The Habitations of Man (very interesting section on Rheims Cathedral bearing in mind it was burnt down so recently] ~ The Agreement between the Rough and Singing Music ~ Instructive Arts [such as Wax taper making, making glass, casting lead, diamond cutting etc. ~ Writing and Language [as this is translated from French the language discussed is French and Latin ~ Bell Founding ~ Figures Cast in Brass ~ Clock and Pendulums ~ Commerce ~ Politicks etc etc.
There are 34 plates including the frontis piece [plate thirty a view of Rheims Cathedral is missing - but appears never to have been bound in as happened from time to time] 13 of these are single pages dealing with language - the remainder are beautiful fold out copper plates.
There are keys to the diagrams and one could recreate how things were made at this time. Including a house!
The way things are going, this book may prove to be VERY useful in the future...
The text is charming - and written conversationally and full of interesting observations
The book is in amazingly good condition - but does have shelf wear ~ the lovely tree calf boards are still lovely ~ if not as wonderful as they once were! and the binding is firm.
Measures 6 by 4 inches
323 pages
DESPITE running to several editions - VERY SCARCE.
Item id: SGB3060Item type: Antique
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