Couturiere, Lingerie and le Marchande de Modes. Three original engravings from the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné Des Sciences, Des Arts et Des Métiers (Encyclopedia of Science, Art and Professions) by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert.
Published between 1751 and 1772.
French language.
Size: 24.5 x 40 cms or 9 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches.
The Encyclopédie is best known for representing the thoughts of the Enlightenment. Diderot claimed it’s intention was ‘to change the way people think” and for people to inform themselves and to know things’. He and other contributors wanted to advocate the secularisation of learning; to move it away from the church and The Jesuits in particular. The book was considered to be an example of the democratisation of knowledge since it made information available to a far broader audience.
Condition: Very Good. The plates are slightly browned at the edges. There is some loss along the bottom edge of Couturiere. There are small marks across the surface that have to do with age; but they remain, in the main, clean.
