The picture opposite the title-page is a reprint of a page from the volume of plates, made in 1771, to illustrate Diderot's Encyclopædia. This page is one of six, each 8×12 ins. in the original, illustrating the article in the encyclopædia on binding. The picture in the upper part of the plate represents a binder's workshop. The person at A is beating a book. The woman at B is sewing. The man at C is cutting or trimming the edges of a book. The man at D is working a press.…
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