Museum number:
| APM 17.528 |
Subcollection:
| documents and photos |
Title:
| book |
Keyword:
| treatise on pipe making |
Description:
Original large size edition by Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau entitled "L'ART DE FAIRE LES PIPES A FUMER LE TABAC, PAR M. DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, DE L'ACADEMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES, M. DCC. LXXI.", 33 pages and 4 folding engravings with clay pipes and 7 with various tools and pipe kilns. In the back "EXTRAIT OF THE REGISTRES DE L'ACADEMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES DU 6 JUILLET 1771 ..", "THE L'IMPRIMERIE DE LF DELATOUR, 1771. Engravings par De la Gardette (4 pieces) and N. Ransonnette (3 pieces), de others anonymous. |
Date:
| Year | 1771 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 16.14 in (41 cm) |
| Width | 11.02 in (28 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | paper |
| Technique | printed |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | inkt, zwart |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ile de France |
| Town | Paris |
| Maker #1 | Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau (writer) |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ile de France |
| Town | Paris |
| Maker #2 | L'imprimerie de L.F. Delatour (printer) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2000 |
| Provenance | Heidelberg, veilinghuis Metz, lot 1 |
| Bazel, collectie Haegeli, <1970-2000 |
Literature
| Don Duco, Hoeveel produceerden de Goudse pijpenmakers in het jaar 1674?. Amsterdam, 2016. afb 6. Dit exemplaar (de oven). |
| Don Duco, aaaDe Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor het determineren. Amsterdam, 2024. hfst 2, p , afb 10-11. Dit exemplaar. |
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