Antique Print-LANGUAGE-ALPHABET-TATARS-MANCHURIA-Diderot-1751

Original copperplate etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper with watermark. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 27 x 42 cm. The image size is ca. 20.5 x 34.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 10.6 x 16.5 inch. The image size is ca. 8.1 x 13.6 inch.

Plate 23: ‘Alphabets, Anciens et Modernes – Alphabet des Tartares Mouantcheoux.’ (Alphabets, ancient and modern – Alphabet of the Tatars of Manchuria.) This engraving originates from the plate volume titled: ”Caracteres et Alphabets de Langues mortes et vivantes’ (characters and alphabets from ancient and current languages). This old antique engraved copperplate print originates from: ‘The Encyclop�die ou Dictionnaire raisonn� des sciences, des arts et des m�tiers, par une Soci�t� de Gens de lettres.’ which was published under the direction of Diderot and d’Alembert, with 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates between 1751 and 1772. It contained 72,000 articles written by more than 140 contributors. This encyclopdia was a massive reference work for the arts and sciences, as well as a means to propagate the ideas of the French Enlightment. The impact of this encyclopedia was enormous.Artists and Engravers: Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was a French philosopher, art critic and writer. Jean le Rond d’Alembert (1717-1783) was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher. These plates are engraved by J.A.Defehrt and Bonaventure/Benoit-Louis Prevost after J.R Lucotte.

Condition: Very good, given age. Binding holes in the left edge. Bottom edge uneven (as issued). A small stain in the top of the image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-LANGUAGE-ALPHABET-TATARS-MANCHURIA-DIDEROT

(PCOMAN) A200-28