Suite du recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication.

Folio: [6]-22 pp.; 215 pl. (tear in pl. 97, edges sl. frayed).

Contemp. mottled calf, gilt orn. spine with 6 raised bands, red edges (corners rubbed and bumped, sides rubbed, joints starting to split, head and tail def.).

First edition of this supplement to the Encyclopedia published under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Robinet. Illustrated (complete) with 215 engr. plates, some folding, depicting plans of temples, antique lamps, weapons, fortifications, machinery, scores, workshops (copper gilder and others), surgical instruments, maps, etc. 29 plates are counted twice because they are folding, which explains the total of 244 plates mentioned in the table.
Ref. BnF.