Sold for:
$850
$850
[Plates] [Diderot and D’Alembert] Recueil de Planches De L’Encyclopedie. [Paris, ca. 1780]. One quarter calf, gilt. Marbled endsheets spine. Being 92 copperplates drawn from this famous French encyclopedia, including 15 with a magic theme, among them card tricks, Cups and Balls, divinations, mechanical and scientific tricks, the Bonus Genius, and much more. Also includes diagrams of fireworks, hydraulics, occult symbols and more. Small folio. Spine perished, internally very good.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-02-08
