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Bookbinding: large and small book presses, and their constituent parts. Engraving by Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: tapestry weaving, a loom in elevation (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Pottery: a large kiln, shown in elevations and sections. Engraving by Bénard after Lucotte.

Fishing: rod and line fishing in runnng waters. Etching, c.1762, by R. Benard after L.J. Goussier.

Architecture: tools, derricks, and windlasses. Engraving by Bénard after Lucotte.

A device for drying gunpowder. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Power-driven metallic crushing devices used in the processing of gunpowder. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

A barber's and wig-maker's establishment, above; shaving bowls, flasks and razors, below. Engraving by R. Bénard after J.R. Lucotte, 1762.

A wheel used in the manufacture of silver dishes. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.

Architecture: various walls and masonry details. Engraving by Bénard [after Lucotte?].

Floating public bath-house: 2 cross-sections of hull above; cross-section of furnace and various bath apparatus below. Engraving by R. Bénard after J.R. Lucotte, 1762.

Textiles: lace making, men weaving (top), and the loom (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, details of equipment. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: an extremely large detail of the weft and warp threads in silk satin. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

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Floating public bath-house: 2 cross-sections of hull above; cross-section of furnace and various bath apparatus below. Engraving by R. Bénard after J.R. Lucotte, 1762.

Textiles: lace making, men weaving (top), and the loom (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Power-driven metallic crushing devices used in the processing of gunpowder. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Textiles: lace making, details of equipment. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: an extremely large detail of the weft and warp threads in silk satin. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.