Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783 Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784
Published / Created:
MDCCLI-MDCCLXV [1751-1765]
Call Number:
1980 Folio 10
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers and Encyclopédie
Description:
Vols. 8-17 have title: Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres mis en ordre et publié par Mr. ***. A Neufchastel, chez Samuel Faulche & compagnie, libraires & imprimeurs, MDCC
Publisher:
Chez Briasson ..., David l'aîné ..., Le Breton ..., Durand ...,
Album containing 122 engravings by Stukeley, many in proof, assembled by the artist himself. Contents include 85 engravings from Itinerarium Curiosum and 23 from Stonehenge, a Temple Restor’d to the British Druids.
Description:
Plate numbered 116.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Antiquities --Early works to 1800 and Wiltshire (England) --Antiquities
Subject (Topic):
Megalithic monuments --England --Wiltshire and Stonehenge (England)--Early works to 1800
Imperfect: plate [17] ("The key of the gates", known in two variations) wanting., Most of the plates are the same as in his "For children: The gates of Paradise" (engraved in 1793), but with alterations and additions., Some plates water-marked "J. Whatman 1826.", and The t.p. is of the variation with lines 5, 7-8 of the verses folowing the title reading: "Jehovahs finger Wrote the Law ... And the Dead Corpse from Sinais heat Buried beneath his Mercy Seat."