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  • The washing of ore. Etching by Bénard after Prevost.
  • A human skeleton, seen from the front, resting the bones of his left forearm on a spade handle, after Vesalius. Engraving 1769, after Prevost, 1762, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • Drawing instruments and stands. Engraving by B.L. Prevost.
  • Carpentry: a caisson for driving piles. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • The interior of a painter's studio with a diagram of a mahlstick, paintbrushes and palettes beneath. Engraving by R. Bénard after B.L. Prevost.
  • Medals: a die-engraver in his workshop (top), with diagrams of die-engraving tools (below). Engraving by B.L. Prevost after F. Boucher.
  • Hunting: nets and snares for catching ground birds. Engraving, c.1762, by B.-L. Prevost.
  • Manufacture of iron wire and machinery used. Etching by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • Clocks: side elevation of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Defehrt [after G. d'Heuland].
  • Male liane of Chilli (Lardizabala biternata Ruíz & Pavón): flowering stem and floral segments. Engraving by Heath, c.1798, after Prevost.
  • Carpentry: a water-driven saw-mill, long section and plan. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • Ship-building: an anchor workshop (top), and tools (below). Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Hunting: nets and hides for catching ground birds. Engraving, c.1762, by B.-L. Prevost.
  • Men in a workshop making musical instruments, some of which are suspended from the ceiling; tools are around a bench. Engraving by Bénard after Prevost.
  • Hunting: nets and snares for catching ground-feeding birds. Engraving, c.1762 by B.-L. Prevost.
  • A human skeleton, seen from the front, resting the bones of his right forearm on a spade handle, after Vesalius. Engraving 1778, after an engraving by Prevost, 1762, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • Four heads of a young man, a girl, a bearded man and an old woman. Engraving by B.L. Prevost.
  • An allegory of surgery. Engraving by R. Benard after B.L. Prevost, 17--.
  • Cabinet-making: a collection of tools. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • A lapidary, sitting at his foot-operated grinding wheel (above), an elevation and plan of his worktable (below). Engraving by B. L. Prevost after J. N. F. Boucher.
  • The Venus de Medici from the front and back, and in both lateral views; with details of her head, arm and feet. Engraving by B.L. Prevost after G. Audran.
  • Clocks: plan of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Defehrt [after G. d'Heuland].
  • Clocks: fusee-engine, or taper-cutting lathe. Engraving by Defehrt [after G. d'Heuland?].
  • Clocks: details of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • The arteries of the thorax, after Haller. Engraving by Prevost, 1762.
  • Carpentry: a bridge at Rouen on pontoons, plan (top and bottom) and elevation (middle). Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • Feet and legs. Engraving by B.L. Prevost after E. Bouchardon.
  • Ship-building: a forge (top), details (below). Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Hunting: two variants of a trap for catching roosting birds. Engraving, c.1762 by B.-L. Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • Rope-making, showing weights and different ways of winding. Engraving by Prevost.