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an open book with a picture of a bird and a vase on itan old book with a picture of a man and a woman in a barnan old book with a drawing of a kitchen and a tabletwo drawings of a church and a church tower in a bookan open book with a picture of a cat on it ' s coveran old book with a bunch of different things on itan old book with a drawing of a stained glass windowan open book with a drawing of tools on itan open book with a picture of a cat sitting on top of itan old book with a picture of people working in a factoryan open book with a picture of a man working in a factoryan open book with a drawing of a kitchen and a tablean old book with pictures of people working in a factorya book with a picture of a woman on itan open book with a drawing of different tools on itan open book with a picture of various tools on itan open book with a drawing of a steam engine on ita picture of a picture of a man holding a shieldan old book that is sitting on a white tablean old book on a white table with a white background
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498 - 498- MILLY (Nicolas Christiern de Thy, Count of): ‘The Art o…
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Estimate €500 - €800
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Description
498- MILLY (Nicolas Christiern de Thy, Count of): ‘The Art of Porcelain, dedicated to the King’. Printed by L.F. Delatour, 1771. Folio (45 x 29 cm). Title page engraved by N. Ransonnette. Dedicatory epistle to the King. 7 plates, 2 of which are folded. Bound with – LE VIEIL (Pierre): ‘The Art of Glass Painting and Glassmaking’ Delatour 1774. 13 plates. Bound with – DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (Henri-Louis): ‘L’Art du Potier de Terre’ (The Art of the Earthenware Potter), Delatour, 1773. 17 plates. Bound with – ‘L’Art de faire les pipes à fumer le tabac’ (The Art of Making Tobacco Pipes), Delatour, 1771. 11 plates. A few pages discoloured. Minor, long-standing signs of worm damage to the edges of a few pages, not serious. Full marbled calfskin of the period (scuffs and restorations). Ribbed spine decorated with floral motifs and title labels (caps and clamps restored). Gilded roulette on the inside of the covers. Restored hinges. Ex-libris bearing a coat of arms. Satisfactory condition overall. An exceptional set of four FIRST EDITIONS from the ‘Descriptions des Arts et Métiers’ collection, published under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Sciences.
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About the sale Antique and modern books – comic books
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Auction time 10/22/2026 at 10:30 AM
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