[Observations of the industries of Lyon].

Abstract:

Journal of observations and drawings of equipment and products from various industries during a visit to Lyon in August and September of 1763. Subjects include iron mines, steel plants, a cutlery factory, textile manufacture, and an interview at the veterinary school of Lyon with Claude Bourgelat.

Creator:

Fougeroux de Bondaroy, Auguste-Denis, 1732-1789.

Timespan:

France.; France -- Lyon.; France -- Rhône-Alpes.; Lyon (France)

Date:

1763

Identifier:

9937281943503681; (OCoLC)ocn155927439; (OCoLC)155927439; (PU)3728194-penndb-Voyager; (CStRLIN)PAUR05-B10002

Language:

French

Provenance:

From the collection of Duhamel du Monceau, editor of the Description des Arts et Métiers, at the Château de Denainvilliers, dispersed in 1955-1960 (Jaoul/Pinault, a copy shelved with the codex).; Purchased, 1964.

Publisher:

[Lyon], [1763]

Subject:

Steel industry and trade -- France -- Lyon -- Early works to 1800.; Industries -- France -- Early works to 1800.; Industries -- France -- Rhône-Alpes -- History.; Iron mines and mining -- France -- Lyon -- Early works to 1800.; Cutlery trade -- France -- Lyon -- Early works to 1800.; Textile industry -- France -- Lyon -- Early works to 1800.; Cutlery trade.; Steel industry and trade.; Iron mines and mining.; Industries.; History.; Textile industry.; Codices.; Diaries.; Drawings (visual works); Manuscripts, French.; Manuscripts, European.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

48 leaves : paper; 226 x 170 mm bound to 231 x 190 mm

Personal Name:

Bourgelat, Claude,; Duhamel du Monceau, M., 1700-1782, former owner.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Origin: Written in Lyon in 1763.; Binding: Contemporary parchment.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Collation: Paper, 48; [1-48]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: Many illustrations of equipment, products (such as buttons and nails), and processes.; Ms. codex.; French.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 990