Imprimerie en Taille Douce, Devéloppement de la Presse: pl. II, 1771/1779

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volume Title

Diderot and d'Alembert, [Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers] "Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences et les Arts" (vol. 6)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 35.6 x 22.5 cm (14 x 8 7/8 in.)

sheet: 45 x 29.7 cm (17 11/16 x 11 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1996.20.14

Artists / Makers

French 18th Century (artist)

Denis Diderot (editor) French, 1713 - 1784

Robert Benard (artist after) French, born 1734

Louis-Jacques Goussier (artist after) French, 1722 - 1799

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: D.s.; lower center in plate: Imprimerie en Taille Douce, Devéloppement de la Presse.; lower left in plate: 24; upper right in plate: Pl. II.

Provenance

Ursus Books and Prints, Ltd., New York; purchased 1996 by NGA.

Associated Names

Ursus Books and Prints, Ltd.