The Emotions - 3 Copperplate
Prints from Diderot's Encylopedia
"Expressions des Passions"
Three Beautiful Copperplate prints from Diderot's
encylopedia providing lessons in Drawing ('Dessein')
Three 18th Century engravings illustrating the range of human emotions from the Encyclopedie published by Diderot and D'Alembert during the age of enlightenment in the second half of the 18th Century.
Three 18th Century engravings
illustrating the range of human emotions from
the Encyclopedie published by Diderot
and D'Alembert during the age of enlightenment
in the second half of the 18th Century.
They are engraved on beautiful
watermarked handlaid chainlinked paper. All
three sheets have attractive full watermarks.
The Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire
Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers
was published in Paris between 1762-1777.
A masterpiece of the enlightment, it set out
all the knowledge of the day, and was a first
attempt to document the techniques of mechanical
production for objects used in everyday life.
Scholars from around the world, including Benjamin
Franklin and Thomas Jefferson submitted chapters.
Denis Diderot was a French philosopher,
and man of letters, and the chief editor of
the L'Encyclopédie, one of the principal
achievements of the Age of Enlightenment. He
was a a friend of the great minds of his age
including Goethe, Rousseau, and Hume. A freethinker,
Diderot challenged the authority of the Church
and criticized the French system of government.
These copperplate prints were
engraved by Robert Benard and printed
on fine laid paper. They are signed in the plate
by the engraver (Benard Fecit).
Robert Benard engraved most of the plates for
Diderot's Encyclopedia. He was also an engraver
of maps whose work appeared in the French editions
of "Cook's Voyages."
Condition: Excellent. Edges are
slightly rough.
Dimensions: 10 X 15.75 inches
