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 shows two ways of unwinding the silk from cocoons: "System for unwinding the silk of the cocoon in a pan of warm water"; and "Other system." Each print shows a full plate mark.
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