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Catalogue d’inventaire d’outils offerts à la vente vers 1850 par un marchand français.

Catalogue d’inventaire d’outils offerts à la vente vers 1850 par un marchand français.

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Catalogue d’inventaire d’outils offerts à la vente vers 1850 par un marchand français.

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France, middle of the 19th century.

Large oblong 8vo [243 x 171 mm] of (60) ll. and (7) smaller ll. inserted at the end. A few tears formerly restored, a few stains. Bound in full green roan, blind-stamped filet on covers, flat spine. Contemporary binding.

A rare testimony of the tool and implement trade in France in the middle of the 19th century.

Unique collection, gathering more than 180 tools and implements on 67 leaves of large oblong 8vo size, presenting the inventory of available tools at a French hardware dealer in the 1850s.

It was used as a retail catalogue by a shopkeeper.

More than 180 tools, from the simplest to the most sophisticated were here finely contemporary drawn and coloured by the shopkeeper himself. These drawings offer a very clear vision of the shapes and colours of many implements proposed for sale at that time: screwdrivers, screws, saws, nuts, hammer heads, chisels, pegs, tongs, nails, gimlets, drills, augers, pliers, anvils, axes, coffee grinders, knives, trowels, padlock, files, wood scissors, cranks… Almost all the illustrations are numbered, and some objects are available in various colours like for instance the coffee grinders or even the drills.

The present collection, created towards the middle of the 19th century, is a very interesting testimony of the traditional production of tools in France and allows us to evaluate the evolution of their shapes and efficiency.

A unique collection, entirely contemporary drawn and hand-coloured by a French hardware dealer. It is of the utmost interest not only for the history of techniques and do-it-yourself in the middle of the 19th century, but also for the craft industry.

A few handwritten notes in French that were added by the shopkeeper in the margin of some illustrations (" fumé rouge ", " rouge vif " …) prove the French origin of the present retail catalogue.



Français

Grand in-8 oblong de (60) ff. et (7) ff. plus petits reliés à la suite. Quelques déchirures anciennement restaurées, quelques salissures. Relié en pleine basane verte, encadrement d'un filet à froid sur les plats, dos lisse. Reliure de l'époque.

243 x 171 mm.

Rare témoignage du commerce des outils et ustensiles dans la France du milieu du XIXe siècle.

Recueil unique, regroupant plus de 180 outils et ustensiles répartis sur 67 feuillets au format grand in-8 oblong, présentant l'inventaire des outils disponibles chez un quincailler français dans les années 1850.

Il était utilisé comme catalogue de vente par un marchand.

Plus de 180 outils, des plus simples aux plus sophistiqués furent ici finement dessinés et coloriés à l'époque par le marchand lui-même. Ces dessins offrent une vision très nette des formes et des couleurs des nombreux ustensiles alors proposés à la vente : tournevis, vis, scies, écrous, têtes de marteaux, burins, chevilles, tenailles, clous, forets, perceuses, mèches, pinces, enclumes, haches, moulins à café, couteaux, truelles, cadenas, limes, ciseaux à bois, manivelles … Presque toutes les illustrations sont numérotées, et certains objets sont disponibles dans différentes couleurs comme par exemple les moulins à café ou encore les perceuses.

Le présent recueil, produit vers le milieu du XIXe siècle, est un très intéressant témoignage de la fabrication traditionnelle des outils en France et nous permet d'évaluer l'évolution de leurs formes et de leur efficacité.

Recueil unique, entièrement dessiné et mis en couleurs à l'époque par un quincailler français. Il est du plus grand intérêt non seulement pour l'histoire des techniques et du bricolage au milieu du XIXe siècle, mais aussi pour l'artisanat.

Quelques annotations manuscrites ajoutées en français par le marchand en marge de certaines illustrations (" fumé rouge ", " rouge vif ", …) nous confirment l'origine française du présent catalogue de vente.

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Catalogue d’inventaire d’outils offerts à la vente vers 1850 par un marchand français.
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The Bookshop Camille Sourget is specialised in literary first editions, travel books and atlases, scientific books as well as any beautiful illustrated books that marked their century. Its area of expertise extends from the 15th to the beginning of the 20th century.

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