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| Id |
29814 |
| Category |
antiquarian book |
| Author / Composer |
DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784), ALEMBERT, Jean le Rond d' (1717-1783), RADEL, Louis François Petit (1739-1818), GIRAUD, Etienne |
| Title |
Machines de théatre, Contenant quarante-neuf Planches à cause de quatorze doubles & de quatre triples. Dessinées & expliquées par M. Radel, Pensionnaire du Roi, & Architecte-Expert, sous la direction de M. Giraud, Architecte des Menus Plaisirs, & Machiniste de l'Opéra de Paris; [with] Théatres, Contenant trente-huit [i.e. 31] Planches à cause de sept doubles. [Extracts from Diderot's Encyclopédie]. |
| Place |
[Paris] |
| Publisher |
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| Publication Date |
[1772] |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
Large folio. 8pp., 49 plates (mostly folding); 4pp., 31 plates (mostly folding). |
| Description |
Plain blue covers. A few curled corners. Prepared under the direction of Giraud, Machinist at the Opéra, this section of the Encyclopédie is one of the most important sources for information on the machinery of eighteenth-century theatres and opera-houses. The plates are divided into two sections: the first twenty-seven illustrate the mechanics of machines in use at the Opéra; of the remaining plates ten include insets of a particular scene in which a machine is employed, with a plan showing the technique required to produce the right dramatic effect. |
| Reference |
First edition. Not in Gregory, Bartlett, Cortot or Hirsch. |
| Price |
£1500.00 |
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