Société de Gens de Lettres - Dictionnaire de l'Industrie, ou Collection raisonnée des procédés utiles - 1795-1795

Second edition, revised, corrected and considerably enlarged, published under the designation “By a Society of Men of Letters,” work attributed to Henri-Gabriel Duchesne.

All six volumes gathered into three volumes, in uniform antique bindings.

An encyclopedic work of the late eighteenth century devoted to the sciences, the arts, techniques and inventions. It gathers numerous recipes, experiments, manufacturing processes, discoveries and practical knowledge of its time.

Subjects covered include notably mechanics, physics, chemistry, hydraulics, scientific instruments, artisanal techniques and industrial processes.

Characteristics:

* Edition: second edition, 1795.
* Publisher: Rémont, Paris.
* Number of volumes: 6, bound in 3 volumes.
* Bibliographic pagination: 2,056 pages, including the front matter.
* Old leather bindings, spines ornamented with gilding and title pieces.
* Small gilded heraldic motifs on the boards, notably a crescent and stars under a crown.
* Presence of fold-out scientific plates, including a table comparing thermometers.

State of conservation:

Overall in good general condition for its age. Bindings show rubbing and signs of use. Interiors well preserved, with some foxing and traces of time. Text perfectly legible.