Description: One of a set of four engravings illustrating Chinese silk manufacturing in Dutch and French, two titled "Education des Vers a Soie" and two titled "Manufacture de Soie Tiree de Du Halde" on the top of the page, and "De Seije Reedery, uit Du Halde." on the bottom of all four. Drawn by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) and engraved by J. van der Schley ("J. v. Schley direx"), these prints were removed from a Dutch edition of Antoine-Francois Prevost's (1697-1793) 20 volume "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages." Bellin adapted the images from Jean-Baptiste Du Halde's (1674-1743) "The General History of China" (The Hague, 1736). This print has two images: "Spinning wheel for twisting threads"; and "Spinning wheel for winding the balls into bobbins" with a woman making bobbins of silk thread. Each print shows a full plate mark.
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