Diderot's Encyclopedia

Histoire Naturelle Plates on Tropical Plants

Original 18th Century Copperplate Engravings 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.

These elegent images, featuring exotic spices and fruits such as cinnamon, vanilla, bananas and pineapple would work wonderfully as decor for a kitchen or dining room.

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