Print Description
Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 22 x 29.5 cm (8.66 x 11.61 inch). Image size: 16 x 24 cm. (6.3 x 9.45 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, soiling and creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PLEASING FUNGUS BEETLES, INSECT ENGRAVING, 18TH CENTURY PRINT, PANCKOUCKE, ENCYCLOPEDIE METHODIQUE | (PCOMAN) C29-28
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From: “Encyclopedie Methodique ou par ordre de matieres, Recueil de Planches ? Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, Tomes 4?10, 1797?1811”, published by Charles-Joseph Panckoucke. This encyclopedia is one of the most extensive of all encyclopaedias ever produced. It is in fact a much enlarged and re-arranged edition of Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopedie. Its famous predecessor: ‘Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers …’ was originally published in folio 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.
Biography engraver: Robert Benard (active 1750?1785) was a prolific French engraver best known for his work on the plates of the Encyclopedie edited by Diderot and d’Alembert. His precise and scientifically-influenced style contributed significantly to Enlightenment visual documentation.
Biography artist: Author: Charles-Joseph Panckoucke (1736-1798) was a French writer and publisher, notable for the Encyclopdie Methodique. His partner was Henri Agasse, married to his daughter Therese-Charlotte, who finished the last 166 volumes after Charles-Joseph died. His son Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke continued in the writing and publishing business as well. .
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