Antique Print-MARITIME NAVIGATION-Diderot-Benard-1751

Subject: Plate XXI: 'Marine.' (Ships). This plate deals with navigation in the 18th century.

Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Copperplate engraving and etching on a verge type hand laid paper with watermark, not visible on every sheet.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 24.5 x 38.5 cm. The image size is ca. 21 x 34 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 9.6 x 15.2 inch. The image size is ca. 8.3 x 13.4 inch.

Part Number: 31473

Location: (PCOMAN) A243-12

Description: This old antique print originates from: 'The Encyclopï¿½die ou Dictionnaire raisonnï¿½ des sciences, des arts et des mï¿½tiers, par une Sociï¿½tï¿½ de Gens de lettres.' which was published under the direction of Diderot and d'Alembert, with 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates between 1751 and 1772. It contained 72,000 articles written by more than 140 contributors. This encyclopdia was a massive reference work for the arts and sciences, as well as a means to propagate the ideas of the French Enlightment. The impact of this encyclopedia was enormous.

Artists and Engravers: Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was a French philosopher, art critic and writer. Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher. These plates are engraved by J.A.Defehrt and Bonaventure/Benoit-Louis Prevost after J.R Lucotte or Goussier.