[Artists' manuals] Description abregée des principaux arts et metiers

et des instrumens qui leurs son propre, le tout détaillée par figures. Paris, Guélard, n.d. (ca. 1753), entirely engraved, 118 (fold.) plates (incl. title, pages w. engr. explanatory texts and some blank pages), cont. polished calf, gilt and ribbed spine w. mor. letterpiece, 4to size. More or less foxed throughout, extensive old annotation in pen on first blank. Joints splitting, top and foot compartments neatly restored.

Manual illustrating machines and tools relating to architecture, painting and sculpture, incl. masons, engineers, carpenters, plumbers, locksmiths, metalworkers, stained glass makers, sculptors, engravers, painters, printers and bookbinders.