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186 - Paulet [Jean]. - The Art of the Silk Fabric Maker.
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Estimate €300 - €450
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Paulet [Jean]. - The Art of the Silk Fabric Maker...1st and second sections, containing the reeling of dyed silks, and the warping of warps / 3rd and 4th sections, containing the art of folding warps & pile for plain, striped and shaped silk fabrics ; and that of making bobbins for silk fabrics, and espolins for broaching / fifth section, containing the Art of the remisseur or maker of heddles, both for silk fabrics, and for other fabrics, such as sheets, cloth, gauze, etc / seventh section. Première partie contenant la fabrique des taffetas, serges et satins unis, & de toutes les étoffes façonnées à la Marche & à la Petite Tire ; Suite de la première partie, contenant la fabrique des taffetas, & celle de tous les genres de serges ; IIIe division de la 1ère partie, contenant la manière de fabriquer les satins unis... les Egyptiennes. S.l.n., 1773-1778. 6 volumes in-folio (I - II ; III-IV ; V ; VII/1 ; VII/2 ; VII/3) out of 7 (volume VI is missing) bound in modern unbleached half cloth with corners, brown chagrin title-pieces. Volumes I-II (1773): [2 ff.], L, 230 pp, 9 single pll. (T I); 12 double pll. and 15 single pll. (T II); T III-IV (1773): [1 f.], 131 to 211 pp. (instead of 231 to 312), [3 ff.], 8 single pll. of which 5 with double figures totalling 13 pll, 1 double plate; 6 single plates with double figures accounting for 12 plates; T V (1774): [1 f.], 313 to 399 pp. 9 single plates (nos. 4 to 12); T VII/1 (1776): [1 f.], 336 pp, 32 single plates and 1 double plate; T VII/2 (1777): [1 f.], 337-544 pp. 23 single plates and 1 double plate; T VII/3 (1778): [1 f.], 545-858 pp. 31 single plates and 2 double plates. Thus a total of 144 single pll. and 17 double pll. (The complete set normally comprises 201 pll.).
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About the sale ANTIQUARIAN AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 06/19/2026 at 10:00 AM
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