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<dl><dd>First published 1706. See BN</dd>
<dd>Author identified as Frézier in Approbation</dd>
<dd>"De l'imprimerie de Jacques Chardon"--Colophon</dd>
<dd>"Explication des termes propres aux feux d'artifice, rangés par ordre alphabétique"--P. [483]-496</dd>
<dd>Woodcut t.p. vignette, head- and tail-pieces. Two tail-pieces signed PLS, and PLS Laisney respectively. Three etched head-pieces by Charles Nicolas Cochin fils</dd>
<dd>Signatures: a-c⁸ d⁴ A-2H⁸</dd>
<dd>Errata, p. LII-LIV</dd>
<dd>BN</dd>
<dd>Gathering O⁸ repeated in Getty copy</dd>
<dd>Binding: mottled sheepskin. Spine gilt tooled, title on label. Page edges red</dd>
<dd>Frontispiece bound before plates 1-13 at end rather than facing title. Printed slip from bookseller's catalog describing present copy mounted on front pastedown</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Fireworks</div>
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<dl><dd>Frézier, Amédée François, 1682-1773</dd>
<dd>Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790</dd>
<dd>Jombert, Charles-Antoine, 1712-1784</dd>
<dd>Chardon, Jacques, 1688-1766</dd></dl></div>
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