Benard, G. [DIDEROT, Denis; ALEMBERT, D' ] Recueil de planches sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication [- Continuation du recueil de planches [...]]. Paris éd. div. 1769-1777 4 vols. in-f° (rare russ. passim, vol. 1: 1 plate missing in the carpentry section, very slight wetness at the lower edge of qs. ff., a tear without gravity on 1 plate). Contemporary half marbled basane, spine ribbed and titled (small tears to spine, corners dulled, spotting). Ex. with full margins. 1. Seventh volume. 1769. First edition. 258 plates and 54 ff. tables. On the navy, naval evolutions, printing in type and intaglio, carpentry in buildings and carriages, etc. - 2. eighth volume. 1771. First edition. 254 plates and 37 ff. table. On coinage, coarse goldsmithing, oil, miniature and encaustic painting, sculpture, etc. - 3. ninth volume. 1771. First edition. 253 plates and 24 ff. table. On soapmaking, saddlery, bodywork, locksmithing, tailoring, tanning, carpet manufacture, upholstery, etc. - 4 Fifth supplement volume. 1777. 244 plates and 28 ff. tables. Sur l'agriculture et économie rustique, les antiquités, l'art militaire, la géographie, l'astronomie, etc.