Fish Eel Muraine - 3 Copper Stitches - Bernard - Encyclopйdie Panckoucke - 1790-show BlattgrцЯe: ca. 32 x 23,5 cm Ansicht: ca. 25,5 x 16,5 cm Fish Rays - Ichthyology - 1788 - Antique Fishing Print - Panckoucke - Collection of the Diderot's Encyclopйdie Plate 25 with figures 83-86. It is titled: Le Kapirat, l'Anguille electrique, le Museau long, la Ceinture d'Argent (Bronze Featherback, Electric Eel, Rhamphichthys Rostratus, Pacific Cutlassfish). Plate 24 with figures 81-82. It is titled: L'Anguille, le Congre, le Carape, le Passan (European Eel, European Conger, Banded Knifefish, Black Ghost) Plate 23 with figures 79 -80. It is titled: La Flutte, la Serpent tache (Moray Eel, Spotted Snake Eel) Bronze Featherback Cutlassfish \ This engraving originates from the plate section: ‘Histoire naturelle’. (Plates dealing with natural history). This plate was published in 1788 as part of the ‘Receuil de Planches de l’Encyclopedie. Planches des Peches.’ This encyclopedia is one of the most extensive of all encyclopaedias ever produced. ? Publication Date: 1788 (update) ? Sheet size: approx. 31.5 x 23.5 cm (12 1/2" x 9 1/2") The Encyclopйdie mйthodique, known as the "Panckoucke Encyclopaedia", is a monumental encyclopedia based on the Encyclopedia or Dictionaries of Sciences, Arts and Crafts of Diderot and Alembert with the objective of improving and completing it. Unlike the latter, it is divided into subjects spread over 40 scientific dictionaries. The aim was to remedy the excessive fractionation of Diderot's work, which obliged him to read a hundred articles in order to have a sufficient idea of ​​a subject. We wanted to try if, by proceeding differently, the analysis and the synthesis would not lead to a better conciliation. It was launched by subscriptions in 1782 by the bookseller Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, established in Lille then in Paris, where he had managed to create the first journalistic empire of the time. The bookseller and publisher, Clement Plomteux, established at Liege, seconded him between 1782 and 1789. The publication lasted for half a century, and ended in 1832. After the death of Charles-Joseph Panckoucke in 1798, the publication was carried out by his son-in-law and partner, Henri Agasse (1752-1813), then by his Antoinette-Pauline Agasse daughter, widow of the latter. This enterprise, which was attended by several hundred authors, resulted in a set of 206 volumes (159 of text on two columns and 47 of plates), comprising more than 125,000 pages and nearly 4,500 engravings, The complete title is: The Methodical Encyclopedia or by order of subjects by a society of literary people, scholars and artists; preceded by a universal Vocabulary, serving as a table for the whole work, adorned with portraits of MM. Diderot and d'Alembert, first editors of the Encyclopedia. ? Excellent condition, given age. Very strong and dark impression on good paper. The paper is in very good condition and the drawings look stunning. Some minimal age/handling marks at extremities Please look at the photos carefully, including cropped detail photos, which will show you more than you can see with your eyes alone. ♥ Great antique print for framing! ? Your purchase is this original plate; I do not deal in modern reprints, reproductions or copies. ? All prints of this age should be protected from exposure to direct sunlight. https://heatons-of-tisbury.co.uk/fish4.html