Diderot Encyclopedia Plates 18th Century Crafts Science Engravings Enlightenment Illustrations Digital Download

Collection of rare 18th-century plates from Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie, featuring detailed engravings of sciences, crafts, trades, and mechanical arts from the Enlightenment era.

These volumes document one of the most important publishing projects of the 18th century, illustrating industrial techniques, workshop tools, scientific instruments, and artisanal practices across Europe.

Perfect for historians, designers, educators, vintage decor lovers, printable wall art, journaling, and Enlightenment-era reference collections.

This is a DIGITAL collection of rare old books in facsimile as high-resolution JPG images.

This is a Unique DIGITAL collection of the following rare old book in facsimiles as High Resolution JPG images (in most cases every page of the real book corresponds to a JPG image):

Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts liberaux, et les arts mechaniques - d' Alembert - Diderot - 1776-1772

Complete in 11 volumes
Vol. I - Vol. XI - 1776-1772

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Total number of pages: - over 6300 pages
Language(s): - French
Approx. JPG resolution: - approx. 3000x5500
Size of the ZIP file(s) to download: - 3.97 GB + 4.05 GB + 3.99 GB

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This listing shows some sample pages (sizes reduced) from these books. The books contain text and also with all 2885 wonderful engravings.

First published over the course of more than twenty years (1751-1777), the 32 volumes of the Encyclopédie include 21 volumes of text with more than 70,000 articles on subjects ranging from asparagus to zodiac. The remaining 11 volumes contain beautifully engraved plates illustrating many of the articles. The Encyclopédie was the major achievement of the French Enlightenment whose aim, in Diderot's words, was to "change the common way of thinking" through the expansion of knowledge and the development of critical modes of thought.

This is a digital product. NO physical image will be mailed. After payment is received, the digital file(s) will be available for download. You will find the link(s) to the ZIP file(s) in a TXT file which you will download. (link(s) will expire after 72 hours)

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