ALPHABET Illustré des Arts & Metiers orné de seize jolies gravures sur acier. Troisième edition.
Paris: L. Maison, No date [circa 1830's?]. Half-title; dedication page; Engraved frontispiece entitled, 'Le Travail et L'Industie Conduisent a la Glorie et la Fortune;' engraved title with vignette; letterpress title, 4-80 pages. Illustrated with an engraved pictorial alphabet at start; 6 full-page engraved plates, each bearing four images; some woodcuts within the text. Bound in twentieth century quarter calf over marbled boards. 16 x 12.4 cm. Half-title and last page dust-soiled where once disbound; corners a little worn; else a very good example of a typical French 'trades alphabet' of the period.
Book ID: 10028
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