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 Recueil de planches of 1762, published in Paris by Briasson, David, Le Breton and Durand, and written for French readers seeking practical knowledge of trades and sciences. The engraved plates show heraldic shields, a stocking frame, a knitting machine, a cutler's shop and tools, all drawn in precise line with labelled parts and mechanical detail, which a designer might borrow for technical diagrams, heraldic motifs or hand-tool illustration.
