DIETER SCHIERENBERG BV

no. 62
63. Diderot, D. and J. d’Alembert (Ed.).
Menuisier en voitures. Paris, (ca. 1770). A suite of 30 plates plus
explanatory text, showing the manufacture of horse carriages. This
is a complete section from one of the atlases of the great French
eighteenth-century Encyclopedie by Diderot and d’Alembert.
Unbound. $ 420
= Fine illustrations of the way 18th century carpenters constructed wooden carriages.
Unbound, the contents in very good, clean condition with just an occasional spot.
64. Diderot, D. and J. d’Alembert (Ed.).
Tapisserie de haute-lisse des Gobelins (BOUND WITH) Tapisserie
de basse-lisse des Gobelins. Paris, (ca. 1770). Two suites with a
total of 31 plates (7 double page) on tapestry and weaving, from
the great French eighteenth-century Encyclopedie by Diderot and
d’Alembert. With several pages of explanatory text, bound in later
simple plain wrappers. $ 450
= The fine plates show the way the famous Gobelin tapestry was produced. These
pictorial tapestries were painted; embroidered; woven in colours, gold, and silver
thread, and so forth. The plates show details of the process and large views of the
weaving machinery, the weavers at work, etc.
65. Fleury, G.
Decors et ameublements au goût du jour. Paris, Massin & Cie, 1925.
Contemporary illustrated portfolio in folio size, containing a title sheet,
8 leaves of text and 32 plates in photogravure. $ 380
= Beautiful large plates of Art-Nouveau interiors, presented by the famous decorators
of the time, like Lucie Renaudot, Lahalle & Revard, Robert Mallet Stevens and other.
A near fine copy.