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<dl><dd>Bound in 2 vols. in mottled calfskin. Spines gilt tooled, title &amp; vol. no. on separate labels. Edges red. Green ribbon place markers</dd>
<dd>Purchase inscription on verso of plate IV, v. 1 (bought on 17 May 1781 from Joseph Schmid in Paris)</dd>
<dd>"Docimasie, ou, L'art des essais"--P. [71]-412, v. 1</dd>
<dd>Plates signed by B. Audran as etcher. Frontispiece and etched head-piece in v. 2 by Audran after "Le Lorrins" (Louis Joseph Le Lorrain?). Additional woodcut head-pieces</dd>
<dd>Vol. 1: xxx, [2], 424 p., I/II, III-IV leaves of plates; v. 2: xvi, 661, [3] p. (the last blank), [55] folded leaves of plates</dd>
<dd>Errata: v. 1, p. 424</dd>
<dd>Includes indexes</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Smelting; Assaying; Mines and mineral resources; Metals</div>
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<dl><dd>Schlüter, Christoph Andreas</dd>
<dd>Hellot, Jean, 1685-1766</dd>
<dd>Audran, Benoit, 1698-1772</dd>
<dd>Le Lorrain, Louis Joseph, 1715-1759</dd>
<dd>Pissot, Noël, Veuve de, d. 1753</dd>
<dd>Pissot, Noël-Jacques, 1724?-1804</dd>
<dd>Hérissant, Jean-Thomas, -1772</dd></dl></div>
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