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Diderot, d’Alembert. Encyclopédie. Glassmaking. Paris: Briasson and Le Breton, 1772. Complete section with a total of 54 copperplate engravings (engraved by J. R. Benard after L. F. Radel) and 9 pages of text.
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Breton, David, Durand, Briasson
Paris
1772
Diderot, d’Alembert. Encyclopédie. Glassmaking. "Verrerie en bois ... premiere section ... seconde section ... Verrerie en bouteilles ... françoise ... angloise´. Paris: Briasson and Le Breton, 1772. Complete section from the ‘Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers’ with a total of 54 copperplate engravings (15 of which are folded, each approx. 32:42 cm, and 39 full-page plates, each approx. 31:20 cm - all engraved by J. R. Benard after drawings by L. F. Radel) and 9 pages of text.
The engravings depict glass workshops, mold production, silica sand melting, glass blowing and processing, and other technological processes.