PAULET (Jean). L'art du fabricant d'étoffes de soie par M. Paulet, dessinateur & fabriquant d'étoffes de soie de la ville de Nîmes. Paris, Impr. Delatour, 1773 - 1778. 7 sections in 7 volumes in-folio, contemporary half basane, smooth spine (wear and tears), several pagination errors. Collated complete with the 201 plates announced. First volume: first and second sections containing the unwinding of dyed silks and the warping of warps. 1773. 3 ff, L pp, 230 pp. 9 plates (first section) and 26 plates (second section). Qq. traces of moisture in lower margin of some plates. Second volume: third and fourth sections containing the Art du Plieur de Chaînes et Poils pour les Étoffes de Soie unies, rayées et façonnées ; et celui de faire les Canettes pour les Étoffes de Soie et les Espolins pour brocher. 1773. (2) ff. 131 [231] to 211 [311]. 15 plates (third section) and 12 plates (fourth section). Traces of moisture in lower margin. Third volume: fifth section containing the Art of the Remisseur or Lisse Maker, both for Silk Fabrics, and for other Fabrics, such as Sheets, Cloths, Gauze, etc. 1774. (1) f., 313 to 397. 12 plates. Fourth volume: sixth section containing the Art of Combing, or Making Combs, both for the Manufacture of Silk Fabrics and for other Fabrics, such as Sheets, Cloths, Gauze, etc. 1775. IV, 396 [402] to 639. 37 plates. Fifth volume: seventh section (first part) containing the Manufacture of Taffetas, Serges and Plain Satins and all Fabrics fashioned in the Marche and the Petit Tire. 1776. 1 folio, 336 pp. 33 plates. Sixth volume: seventh section, continuation of the first part, containing the Manufacture of Taffetas and all types of Serges. 1777. 337 to 544 pp. 24 plates. Traces of moisture in lower margin. Seventh volume : third division of the seventh section containing the manner of making plain Satins in all their kinds and with two faces; the manner of giving them the finish, as well as to all kinds of Silk Fabrics which are susceptible of it; how to make fabrics fashioned by the March, such as shiny Taffetas, Cannelés, Cirsakas in all their types; Taffetas, Gros-de-Tours and Satins, also fashioned by the March; ordinary and Queen's Droguets; Prussian, Egyptian, Amboisian and Muslim fabrics.1788(1) f., 545 to 858 pp. 33 plates. Traces of moisture in lower margin.