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[DUCHESNE (H.-Gabriel)]. Dictionary of Industry, or a Systematic Collection of Useful Processes in the Sciences and the Arts... Third edition, completely revised and substantially expanded. Paris, Poignée, Volland, Billois, Year IX (1801), 6 volumes in-8. Bound in fawn-colored, grained sheepskin; smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons and friezes; red title and volume number labels; yellow marbled edges. (Contemporary bindings). — Corners and edges locally rubbed; insect damage along the edges of some covers with missing leather; a few instances of leather peeling; interiors of the volumes in fair condition. Large folded plate in Volume V: combinations of decorative tiles; 2 folded tables in Volume 6: conversions. Text in two columns. This substantial work, first published in 1776 in 3 volumes, covers all pre-industrial techniques in use at the end of the 18th century. Chemistry, food, agriculture and agronomy, domestic arts, medicine, sciences, and techniques... (Quérard II, p. 625 - Barbier I, 961).