1751 MARTINET LG FOLIO HAND COLORED ENGR. CORAL VIII

1751 MARTINET LG FOLIO HAND COLORED ENGR. CORAL VIII (image 1/1)
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Please click to learn more about us Click to see all of our eBay auctions UP FOR AUCTION: Extremely rare and Unique piece of original, highly collectable 18th century artwork. A wonderful original hand-colored copperplate engraving which comes from a famous French work entitled " Diderot and D'Alembert, Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Encyclopedia, or a systematic dictionary of the sciences, arts, and crafts)an encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1766. MAGNIFICENT HAND COLORING Individual Sheet Size: Tall Folio, 16 x 10 inches Condition: Excellent All Best Offers will be considered. SCROLL DOWN FOR IMAGES Title: Coral VIII Author: Francois Nicolas Martinet Date: 1751 Special features: Strong Chain Linked Paper, Border heightened in Gold Retail Value: $1850. Historical Background: Diderot's " Encyclopedia ," a landmark work of the Enlightenment that depicted the arts and sciences, and the tools and methods of artisans and trade people in a methodical and thorough way. The entire encyclopedia was published between 1751 and 1772, and comprised 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates. The marvelous detailed plates show how everything in the period was made. It had a huge impact on its own time, and is highly valued by present-day historians as a record of read more
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