Playing Cards 1779 Games Card Lot 6 Engravings Encyclopedia Diderot

Description: Rare set of 6 engravings on the technique of making playing cards dating from 1779. This exceptional engraving is taken from the famous encyclopaedic work by Diderot and d'Alembert: Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers, with their explanation published in Geneva, Pellet in 1779. Valuable source of information on trades in the 18th century. Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) was a French mathematician, physicist, philosopher and encyclopaedist. Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher and encyclopaedist. The Encyclopedia is a major work of the 18th century and the first French encyclopedia. By the synthesis of the knowledge of the time that it contains, it represents a considerable editorial and editorial work for this time and was carried out by encyclopaedists constituted as a "society of men of letters". Finally, beyond the knowledge it compiles, the work it represents and the purposes it aims for, make it a symbol of the work of the Enlightenment, a political weapon and as such, the object of many balance of power between publishers, editors, secular and ecclesiastical power. • Large format folio engraving of 42/27 cm in good condition, see photos, very slight waterstaining, see photos. This document is over 240 years old. • We only sell authentic and period documents. • We accept payment by check • In case of group purchases we reduce postage Do not hesitate to discover our many historical documents on our EBay store, subscribe to our profile in order to receive new announcements in priority.Rare set of 6 engravings on the technique of making playing cards dating from 1779. This exceptional engraving is taken from the famous encyclopaedic work by Diderot and d'Alembert: Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers, with their explanation published in Geneva, Pellet in 1779. The Encyclopedia is a major work of the 18th century and the first French encyclopedia. By the synthesis of the knowledge of the time that it contains, it represents a considerable editorial and editorial work for this time and was carried out by encyclopaedists constituted as a "society of men of letters". Finally, beyond the knowledge it compiles, the work it represents and the purposes it aims for, make it a symbol of the work of the Enlightenment, a political weapon and as such, the objec

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