original revolutionary war era antique nautical print 1783 - 1787 plate 87

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original revolutionary war era antique nautical print 1783 - 1787 plate 87:
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Denis Diderot & Jean Le Rond D’Alembert (originators). – Charles Joseph Panckoucke (publisher) - RobertBenard (supervising engraver).

[Ship in dry dock, plate number 87 from the ‘Marine’ sectionof the ‘Encyclopédie méthodique’

Paris: Panckoucke, no date but 1783-1787].

Copper engraving supervised by Benard, on laid paper, sheet size:12 ½ x 18 inches.

Condition: central fold, neat repair to large void at lowercentre, the missing material provided in manuscript facsimile, some small tearsto edges, edge toning, some soft creasing, title \'Marine\' lacking from area beneath image.

A spectacular plate from the ‘Marine’ section of Panckoucke’sexpanded edition Diderot and D’Alembert’s ‘Encyclopedie’, the paper with full margins and the original deckled edges

A powerful timeless image offering a fascinating glimpse into the methods used in ship maintainenceduring the 18th century.

“TheEncyclopédie méthodique par ordre des matières(\"MethodicalEncyclopedia by Order of Subject Matter\") is a roughly 210 to 216 volumesencyclopedia(differentsets were bound differently) that was published between 1782 and 1832 by theFrenchpublisherCharles Joseph Panckoucke, his son-in-lawHenri Agasse, and the latter´s wife, Thérèse-Charlotte Agasse. It was a revisedand much expanded version, arranged by disciplines, of the originallyalphabetically arrangedEncyclopédie,edited byDenis Diderotand Jean Le Rond D\'Alembert.The full title wasL\'Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières parune société de gens de lettres, de savants et d\'artistes; précédée d\'unvocabulaire universel, servant de table pour tout l\'ouvrage, ornée desportraits de MM. Diderot et d\'Alembert, premiers éditeurs de l\'Encyclopédie.

There are only 2 remaining complete original copies left inthe World: one in the library of theTeyler\'sMuseum, and one at a London antiquarian. “ (Wikipedia).

“The goal of an Encyclopédie is to assemble all theknowledge scattered on the surface of the earth, to demonstrate the generalsystem to the people with whom we live, & to transmit it to the people whowill come after us, so that the works of centuries past is not useless to thecenturies which follow, that our descendants, by becoming more learned, maybecome more virtuous & happier, & that we do not die without havingmerited being part of the human race.” (Encyclopédie, Diderot)