SCULPTURE / Complete set of 24 engraved plates from Diderot and D'Alembert's "En…

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SCULPTURE / Complete set of 24 engraved plates from Diderot and D'Alembert's "Encyclopédie" devoted to the craft of sculpture, numbered 208 to 231, from Volume VIII, folio format (26.5 x 40 cm): tools for sculpting in clay and plaster, molds, marble block, marble working, tools for sculpting in gold and silver, tools for sculpting in wood, sculpture in lead.

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SCULPTURE / Complete set of 24 engraved plates from Diderot

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