EUR 17.10 Antique Print-Giraffe-Chevrotain-Deer-Diderot-Martinet-1751 Copperplate engraving and etching on laid paper. Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 26 x 40 cm. The image size is ca. 21 x 31.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 10.2 x 15.7 inch. The image size is ca. 8.3 x 12.4 inch. Antique print, titled: ‘Histoire Naturelle, Regne Animal, 1. La Giraffe - 2. Le Chevrotin’ - Plate 5: Natural History,animal kingdom. 1. Giraffe - 2. Chevrotain. Antique Print-Hyena-Brown Bear-Grizzly-Martinet-Diderot-1751 Antique print, titled: Plate 11 :'Histoire Naturelle, Regne Animal, 1. L' Hyene - 2. L' Ours'. (Natural History,animal kingdom. 1. Hyena - 2. Brown Bear.) US $157.00 Antique Print-Sea Eagle-Vulture-Kite-Eurasian Eagle Owl-Martinet-Diderot-1751 Antique print, titled: Plate 37 : 'Histoire Naturelle, Regne Animal, 1. Le Grand Aigle de Mer - 2. Le Vautour des Alpes - 3. Le Milan - 4. Le Grand Duc'. (Natural History, animal kingdom. 1. Sea Eagle - 2. Griffon Vulture - 3. Kite - 4. Eurasian Eagle-owl.) Antique Print-Tarantula-Crab Spider-Scorpion-Centipede-Martinet-Diderot-1751 Antique print, titled: Plate 83 : 'Histoire Naturelle, Regne Animal. Insectes'. (Natural History, animal kingdom. Insects, Goliath bird-eater Spider, Tarantula, Crab spider, Centipede, Scorpion.) US $157.00 This engraving originates from the plate section: ‘Histoire naturelle’. (Plates dealing with natural history). This old antique print originates from: ‘The Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une Société de Gens de lettres.’ which was published under the direction of Diderot and d’Alembert, with 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates between 1751 and 1772. It contained 72,000 articles written by more than 140 contributors. This encyclopdia was a massive reference work for the arts and sciences, as well as a means to propagate the ideas of the French Enlightment. The impact of this encyclopedia was enormous.Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Martinet’ after ‘Denis Diderot’. Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was a French philosopher, art critic and writer. Jean le Rond d’Alembert (1717-1783) was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher. These plates are engraved by J.A.Defehrt and Bonaventure/Benoit-Louis Prevost after J.R Lucotte or Benard after De La Rue / De Boissieu / Martinet. Condition: Excellent, given age. Left edge uneven from binding. Some thumbing in the lower and right margins. A small stain on the image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Листы из The Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une Société de Gens de lettres.’, изданной под руководством Diderot и d’Alembert, и состоящей из 17 томов текста и 11 томов гравюр, отпечатанных между 1751 и 1772 годами. Фото 2-3. Оригинальное название: "Histoire Naturelle, Insectes" Фото 4-6. Оригинальное название:"Histoire Naturelle, Regne Animal, 1. L' Hyene - 2. L' Ours" Фото 9-10. Оригинальное название: "Histoire Naturelle, Regne Animal, 1. Le Grand Aigle de Mer - 2. Le Vautour des Alpes - 3. Le Milan - 4. Le Grand Duc"