Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication
This is a volume of engraved plates from the Recueil de planches of the Encyclopédie, published in Paris in 1762 by Briasson, David, Le Breton and Durand under Diderot and d'Alembert, and aimed at readers of Enlightenment technical knowledge. The plates show architectural construction, with masonry courses, moulding profiles, vaults and arches drawn in clean line and fine hatching, plus garden walls and terrace construction, giving a designer precise technical diagrams of stone, brick and joinery.
