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398 - An Industrial Gallery, or the Application of Natural Product…
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Estimate €40 - €50
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Description
An Industrial Gallery, or the Application of Natural Products to the Arts and Crafts: their origin, development and refinement, depicted in a series of one hundred and fifty plates, tastefully drawn and engraved by skilled artists, with an explanatory text; intended for children and young people, by Mrs. H****, author of *Living Geography*, etc. Paris: Alexis Eymery, 1822, frontispiece–IV–168 pages + 30 plates (complete). Contemporary brown half-basane, plain spine with decoration. Good condition inside. It covers the manufacture of candles and tapers, hats, chocolate, silk, winemaking, printing, etc. An encyclopaedia for young people, divided into 28 instructive and interesting evenings. Front endpaper damaged.
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About the sale Books from Lorraine (Toul) and second-hand books; comic books (Tintin and Asterix)
Auction location
Auction time 09/01/2026 at 2:00 PM
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