Diderot's Encyclopedia
Bananas and Pineapples
- Plate XCVI - Le Bananier, L'Ananas, La Sensitive
Original 18th Century
Copperplate Engraving from Diderots Encylopedia.
The Encyclopedie,
ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts
et des Metiers was published in Paris between
1762-1777. A masterpiece of the enlightment
and set out all the knowledge of the day. Scholars
from around the world, including Benjamin Franklin
and Thomas Jefferson submitted chapters.
Denis Diderot was
a French philosopher, and man of letters, and
the chief editor of the L'Encyclopédie,
one of the principal achievements of the Age
of Enlightenment. He was a a friend of the great
minds of his age including Goethe, Rousseau,
and Hume. A freethinker, Diderot challenged
the authority of the Church and criticized the
French system of government.
Condition: Very good.
Some light browing of paper at bottom - less
pronounced to the naked eye than it looks in
this scan
Dimensions: 11 X 17 inches
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Tropical Plants
These elegent images, featuring exotic spices
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and pineapple would work wonderfully as decor
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