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Print, Brodeur (Embroiderer), Section 18, Plate 1, Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Encyclopedia, or Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Trades), vol.19
This is a Print. It was edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert and engraved by Louis Benoit Prevost. It is dated 1763 and we acquired it in 1949. Its medium is engraving on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Mrs. George A. Kubler.
It is credited Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler.
- Book, Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des...
- leather-bound paper boards, paper.
- Courtesy of Smithsonian Libraries, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library.
- 24.2012.1
Its dimensions are
35.1 × 22.6 cm (13 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
It is inscribed
Printed in black ink, upper right: Pl. I.; lower center: Brodeur; lower right: Prevost fecit
Cite this object as
Print, Brodeur (Embroiderer), Section 18, Plate 1, Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Encyclopedia, or Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Trades), vol.19; Edited by Denis Diderot (French, 1713–1784), Jean le Rond d'Alembert (French, 1717–1783); Engraved by Louis Benoit Prevost (1735–1804); France; engraving on off-white laid paper; 35.1 × 22.6 cm (13 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler; 1949-152-188
