Pêches. Pêches de Mer. Pêches de Rivieres. Fabriques des Filets, &c.

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Folio. The set of 35 engraved plates published in 'Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers', 1751-80 in Paris, bound with the original 5 leaves of descriptive text. Fol. Modern decorative half-leather, private bound. 9 pp. text (explanations for the plates) and 35 copper plate engravings (each 38.5 x 25.5 cm) with numerous illustrations of fishing. The first 17 plates (Peches de Mer) depict fishing and fish processing, the following 18 plates show fishhooks, lines, nets, fish traps, etc. and their use.