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Auction 159 6 Mar 2021
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Diderot's Engravings Illustrating the Coining Process
Diderot, Denis, and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert. SUITE OF SEVEN FRAMED COPPERPLATE PRINTS DEPICTING THE COINING PROCESS FROM THE FOLIO EDITION OF DIDEROT'S ENCYCLOPÉDIE. Geneva and Neufchatel: Chez Pellet et la Société Typographique, 1779. Plates 1, 5, 7, 11, 13, 16, and 17. Individually matted [to 39 by 24.5 cm] and framed [55 by 41 cm]. Fine. A selection from the famous series of plates from the folio edition of Diderot's magnificent compendium of 18th-century technology, Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts, et des métiers. Important for the light they shed on 18th-century minting techniques. The plates here present depict the use of the castaing machine to add edge lettering to struck coins, various annealing and smelting equipment and techniques, and other aspects of the coining process.
Diderot, Denis, and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert. SUITE OF SEVEN FRAMED COPPERPLATE PRINTS DEPICTING THE COINING PROCESS FROM THE FOLIO EDITION OF DIDEROT'S ENCYCLOPÉDIE. Geneva and Neufchatel: Chez Pellet et la Société Typographique, 1779. Plates 1, 5, 7, 11, 13, 16, and 17. Individually matted [to 39 by 24.5 cm] and framed [55 by 41 cm]. Fine. A selection from the famous series of plates from the folio edition of Diderot's magnificent compendium of 18th-century technology, Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts, et des métiers. Important for the light they shed on 18th-century minting techniques. The plates here present depict the use of the castaing machine to add edge lettering to struck coins, various annealing and smelting equipment and techniques, and other aspects of the coining process.