From the Encyclopédie

Art du Tailleur, contenant Le Tailleur d'habits d'Hommes; Les Culottes de Peau; Le Tailleur de Corps de Femmes & Enfants; La Couteries; & La Marchande de Modes [drop title].

[Paris]: 1769.

Price: $1,250.00


About the item

60, [2] pp. 16 full-page engraved plates. 1 vols. Folio. From the Encyclopédie. Bound in contemprary mottled calf, wear at top and bottom of spine, some staining, but minor, with ties.

Item #211652

From Diderot-d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, which was published in Paris, Neuchatel, and Amsterdam, from 1751-1780. The plates (Recueil de Planches) were published in 11 volumes from 1762-1777, and are among the glories of book illustration of the 18th century — as are these fine plates.