Sunday, March 24, 2013

Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné...

The Diderot & D'Alembert Encyclopédie gives an impressive image of the French science and technology status at the mid of eightheenth century. The over 20 volumes of the planches offer a complete scenario of the applied sciences and arts in the Enlightenment times.

Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, Pontoise

The organization of the knowledge is illustrated in the Discours préliminaire and represented in « Le système figuré des connaissances humaines ».

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