Dessein (Drawing), 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. 2, part 2)

Medium

bound volume with letterpress text and 38 etched and engraved plates on laid paper

Dimensions

page size: 40.5 x 26 cm (15 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1996.24.1

Artists / Makers

Antonio Baratta (artist) Italian, 1724 - 1787

Denis Diderot (editor) French, 1713 - 1784

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II (artist after) French, 1715 - 1790

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Provenance

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

Associated Names

Ursus Books and Prints, Ltd.