1771 "DES COUTEAUX CREUX", HOLLOW HANDLED KNIVES Antique original engraving

Description: Original antique copperplate engraving shows, "ART DU COUTELIER, Des Couteaux Creux". HOLLOW HANDLED KNIVES. By: Jean Jacques Perret. Published in Denis Diderot’s, Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers; The Art du Coutelier. (Art of the Cutler) 1771. Very good + condition. Plate marks showing on paper. Measures approx. 16.25x10.75 in. The work of Jean Jacques Perret focused on the surgical instruments, razors, scissors, knives, etc. This is an original antique NOT a reproduction. All items are securely packaged in a mailing tube or shrink wrapped flat on acid free backing. Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers This profusely illustrated, twenty-eight-volume French encyclopedia was edited by Denis Diderot and Jean d'Alembert, with the aid of Quensay, Montesquieu, Voltaire, J. J. Rousseau, Turgot, and others. It was published between 1751 and 1775. Its famous preliminary discourse, signed by d'Alembert, indicates its aims and then presents definitions and histories of science and the arts. Despite attacks by the Jesuits and unofficial censorship by the printer, it was an immediate success. It championed the skepticism and rationalism of the Enlightenment and played a major role in the intellectual preparation for the French Revolution. In 1780 a five-volume supplement and two-volume index were added. metmuseum

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