Histoire Naturelle, Volcans. Vue Généralle du Vesuve en 1757

Reference: s34863
Author Jacques Francois BENARD
Year: 1760 ca.
Zone: Naples
Printed: Paris
Measures: 445 x 355 mm
€600.00

Reference: s34863
Author Jacques Francois BENARD
Year: 1760 ca.
Zone: Naples
Printed: Paris
Measures: 445 x 355 mm
€600.00

Description

Beautiful view of the Vesuve during the eruption of 1575, engraved by J. F. Bernard on a drawing by de la Rue.

The view was published into famous Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. The Encyclopédie was published under the direction of Diderot and d'Alembert, with 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates between 1751 and 1772. Containing 74,000 articles written by more than 130 contributors, the Encyclopédie was a massive reference work for the arts and sciences, as well as a machine de guerre which served to propagate the ideas of the French Enlightenment. The impact of the Encyclopédie was enormous. Through its attempt to classify learning and to open all domains of human activity to its readers, the Encyclopédie gave expression to many of the most important intellectual and social developments of its time.

Copperplate, finely hand coloured, in very good condition.

Jacques Francois BENARD(? - 1751)

Jacques Francois BENARD(? - 1751)