1771 Set of 4 engraving by Diderot: Lingerie, stitching, nightwear, patterns

Large folio engraving issued in the rare supplement of Diderot’s famed Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.. 1777.

Each 40 x 25.3 cm

Published in Paris.

Superb original from the preferred large folio edition.

Four beautiful pages of original engravings, published in 1771 in Denis Diderot's important work "Encyclopedie" and entitled :"Lingere" or Lingerie being the complete set of Supplementary Plates 1 to 4, illustrating nightwear, bonnets, stitching, patterns and embroidery.