14 Antique Prints-CARPENTRY-CARPENTER-BUILDING-CONSTRUCTION-WOOD-Diderot-1751
Description: This old antique print originates from: ‘The Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une Société 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 …
14 Anatomical Prints-LEG-HIP-FOOT-THIGH-MUSCLE-BONE-Spigelius-Casserius-1645
Description: This very fine engraving originates from ‘Anatomica operum omnium’ by Adrianus Spigelius (Adriaan van den Spiegel), published by J. Blaeu, Amsterdam 1645. This splendidly produced edition of Spigelius’ Collected Works was edited by the Dutch physician Van der Linden. This volume has 117 anatomical plates. 78 are by Casserius, intended for ‘Theatrum Anatomicum’, an anatomical atlas that …
13 Rare Antique Prints-GARDEN DESIGN-ARCHITECTURE-Hans Vredeman de Vries-1615
Description: This set of 13 plates is a copy (some plates in reverse) after the series “Hortorum Viridario Rumque elegantes & multiplicis formae, ad architectonicae artis normam affabre delineatae.” by Vredeman de Vries, originally published in 1583 in Antwerp with 34 plates. Another ed. of 1587 appears to have consisted of 29 plates This edition was published in …
Description: These old antique prints originate from: “Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particuliere….”, by de Buffon & Dauberton. Nouvelle Edition, Amsterdam J.H. Schneider, 1766. You will find more items from this work in our ebay store and on our website (use about me link). Artists and Engravers: Author: Georges-Louis Le Clerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788). French naturalist, mathematician, biologist, …
19 Antique Prints-MINERALOGY-GUNPOWDER-FACTORY-MANUFACTURE-Diderot-Benard-1751
Description: This old antique print originates from: ‘The Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une Société 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 …
Description: These plates originate from ‘Encyclopedie Methodique ou par ordre de matieres ….’ published between 1782-1832 by Panckoucke. This is one of the most extensive of all encyclopaedias ever produced. It is in fact a much enlarged and re-arranged edition of Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopedie. Its famous predecessor: ‘Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des …