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Arts et métiers mecaniques

Lacombe, Jacques, 1724-1811, Didot, Pierre-François, 1731-1795, Imprimerie de Monsieur · 1782 · A Paris : Chez Panckoucke, libraire, hôtel de Thou, rue des Poitevins · 23 pictures

Arts et métiers mécaniques is a 1782 Paris trade book from the Encyclopédie-era series on mechanical crafts, printed by Didot for the Imprimerie de Monsieur and sold by Panckoucke. Its pictures are small black-and-white floral vignettes and head-pieces engraved in fine line, with dense bouquets and garlands that a designer could borrow for ornament, borders, or decorative tailpieces.

Industrial arts · Occupations

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