Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques : avec leur explication ..
This is a plate volume from Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie, published in Paris in 1762 by Briasson, David, Le Breton and Durand for a French readership of craftsmen, engineers and the educated public. The engraved plates show machines and trades in precise line detail, with lettered keys and figure numbers, offering a designer clear, systematic diagrams of mechanical forms, structures and tools.
