Papeterie
Date1767
Publisher
Denis Diderot
1713-1784
Publisher
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
1717 - 1783
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumLetterpress
DimensionsOverall: 15 × 10in. (38.1 × 25.4cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-219,1
DescriptionTitle on front of page: PAPETERIE/ CONTENANT QUATORZE PLANCES, DONT UNE DOUBLE."Label TextA plate from Denis Diderot's "Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers" on papermaking "Recueil de Planches," vol. V. "The explanation pages for the plates that follow, on the art of making paper (see accession numbers 1966-219, 2-15)ProvenanceBefore 1966, Thure Krarup (Glen Falls, New York); 1966-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
