Description: Please use "ADD TO CART" button to select more than 1 item before paying - you will receive automatic combined shipping!*Media: 2 engravings on medium-weight untrimmed chain link paper. Includes original description pages Source: "Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts liberaux, et les arts mechaniques: avec leur explication ..." - plates supplement to Encyclopedie (see below). Publishing info: Paris, 1767 Each full size page (with blank margins): app. 10.25" x 16.25" About the work: "Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers" (English: Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts), better known as "Encyclopedie", was a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772, with later supplements, revised editions, and translations. It had many writers, known as the Encyclopedistes. It was edited by Denis Diderot and, until 1759, co-edited by Jean le Rond d'Alembert. The Encyclopedie is most famous for representing the thought of the Enlightenment. According to Denis Diderot in the article "Encyclopedie", the Encyclopedie's aim was "to change the way people think" and for people (bourgeoisie) to be able to inform themselves and to know things. He and the other contributors advocated for the secularization of learning away from the Jesuits. Diderot wanted to incorporate all of the world's knowledge into the Encyclopedie and hoped that the text could disseminate all this information to the public and future generations. Thus, it is an example of democratization of knowledge. It was also the first encyclopedia to include contributions from many named contributors, and it was the first general encyclopedia to describe the mechanical arts. In the first publication, seventeen folio volumes - Recueil de planches - were accompanied by detailed engravings. Later volumes were published without the engravings, in order to better reach a wide audience within Europe. Condition: Very good with light age-staining / creasing. Please examine the scan. Shipping: We combine shipping & make every effort to ship as soon as possible. Thank you! Froo www.froo.com | Froo Cross Sell, Free Cross Sell, Cross promote, eBay Marketing, eBay listing Apps, eBay Apps, eBay Application
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Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Date of Creation: 1767
Material: Engraving
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Print Surface: Paper
Subject: Mechanics
Type: Print
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Framed/Unframed: Unframed
Year of Production: 1767
Edition Type: Limited Edition
Item Height: 16.25"
Style: Realism
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Theme: science
Production Technique: Engraving
Item Width: 10.25"
Print Type: Engraving
Time Period Produced: 1750-1799
