LUTHERIE, INSTRUMENS QU'ON FAIT PARLER AVEC UNE ROUE [Original Copperplate Engraving from Diderot's ENCYCLOPEDIE, OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE DES SCIENCES, DES METIERS ET DES ARTS]
by Benard, Robert
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Paris: David Briasson, Le Breton, and Durand, 1772. 18th Century Engraving of a Hurdy-Gurdy. Folio leaf: 16" by 10". Published between 1751 and 1780, Diderot's Encyclopedie represented the first serious attempt to categorize the various fields of human knowledge and activity. It grew out of the work of the philosophes (Rousseau, Voltaire, and others), who focused on human progress, especially in practical fields, as opposed to philosophical thought. Accompanying the Encyclopedie were superb copperplate engravings to illustrate the realms of human activity. Most of the plates were engraved by Robert Benard, who also engraved the plates for the French edition of Cook's voyages. Lutherie plate # III, displays the many forms that the lute had taken over the centuries since its beginnings in 13th century Europe. The engraving is in about very good condition: generally clean and bright, with overall light toning of the laid paper, some scattering of light brown staining in the white areas at center of page, darker toning at extremities of margins, and limited roughness along the binding edge.. Original. Single Sheet. Very Good-. Illus. by Robert Benard. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Fine Art Print.
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- Seller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- W2047
- Title
- LUTHERIE, INSTRUMENS QU'ON FAIT PARLER AVEC UNE ROUE [Original Copperplate Engraving from Diderot's ENCYCLOPEDIE, OU DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE DES SCIENCES, DES METIERS ET DES ARTS]
- Author
- Benard, Robert
- Illustrator
- Robert Benard
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- Original
- Publisher
- David Briasson, Le Breton, and Durand
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1772
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
- Size
- Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall
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Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Fine
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- Folio
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