[Silk. Diderot & d'Alembert] Soeierie. Complete set of 142 (double-page) plates

all engraved, 2nd half 18th century, bookblock loose in 2 parts in 19th-century halfcloth binding, 4to.

The main set partly waterstained, last plate loose and sl. frayed; supplement with a few folds, occ. minor defects. Large set of fine engravings from a 4to edition of Diderot and d'Alembert's famous Encyclopédie, entirely devoted to all aspects of the "soierie", the silk industry, and with many double-page plates. The series consists of the main set of 121 consecutively numbered plates and a supplement (trimmed sl. shorter) of 18 plates in alphabetical order and 3 numbered plates. Sold w.a.f.