1788 ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA ENGRAV. threshing machine

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STEFFIPRINTS is specializing in natural history and botanical prints. All prints are guaranteed to be antique, and you will get all available descriptive text pages and a copy of the original antique title with your delivery!!! on eBay.de! 1788 ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA ENGRAVING 3rd Edition "Encyclopaedia Britannica; or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Literature, Constructed on a Plan, by which the different Sciences and Arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems...". no reserve rare ORIGINAL ANTIQUE COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING Plate 508 Threshing Machine The thrashing machine, or, in modern spelling, threshing machine (or simply thresher), was a machine first invented by Scottish mechanical engineer Andrew Meikle for use in agriculture. It was invented (c.1784) for the separation of grain from stalks and husks. For thousands of years, grain was separated by hand with flails, and was very laborious and time consuming. Mechanization of this process took much of the drudgery out of farm labour. While this image is watermarked to prevent illegal picture copying, the print itself is not!!! This over 222 year old original antique engraving is taken from the 3rd edition of the world famous"Encyclopaedia Britannica", edited by the publisher Macfarquhar and, after his death, by Dr. George Gleig, printed by Bell and Macfarquhar, in Edinburgh, Great Britain, 1788 - 1797. The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "the British Encyclopædia") is a general English-language encyclopaedia published today by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., a privately held company. The articles in the Britannica are aimed at educated adult readers, and written by a staff of about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 expert contributors. It is widely regarded as the most scholarly of encyclopaedias. This third edition of Britannica, published from 1788 - 1797, reached 18 volumes with 14,579 pages, and 542 plates and began to involve a number of experts and professors of Edinburgh University; it involved fields of research, which were not considered yet in the contemporaneous dictionaries and encyclopaedias, and became the model for all the following editions up till the XXth century. SIZE: approx. 10.2" x 8.1"/ 26 cm x 20.5 cm QUALITY: The condition of the plate is excellent, and the lines are clear and brilliant at the high quality Whatman paper - variously watermarked. There is no descriptive text available. All our prints are ORIGINAL ANTIQUES - each delivery is accompanied by a copy of the antique title.!!!We do not use chemical bleaching procedures what other sellers do often!!! PAYMENT & SHIPPING: We accept Pay Pal (Worldwide) and bank transfer (Europe & Germany). Shipping for this item - including packaging - is $ 12.00 World Airmail$ 8.00 Europe & $ 5.00 Germany We can combine shipments when you have bid on multiple items to save on postage. Combined shipping (up to 500g) is $ 18.00 World Airmail, $ 12.00 Europe, $ 6.50 Germany! Costs for registered letters or full shipping insurance on demand!! Each of our prints is placed between white foam boards in solid carton. Our environment is smoke-free. ---------------------------------------- and visit our page or Email with any questions to: ---------------------------------------- ************************************************************************************ Widerrufsbelehrung (!!!für alle deutschen Kunden/only for German Customers!!!) Widerrufsrecht: Sie können Ihre Vertragserklärung innerhalb von 2 Wochen ohne Angabe von Gründen in Textform (z.B. Brief, Fax, E-Mail) oder durch Rücksendung der Sache widerrufen. Die Frist beginnt frühestens mit Erhalt dieser Belehrung. Zur Wahrung der Widerrufsfrist g... read more

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