Elevations and profiles of the shapes of Rochefort - Denis Diderot / Jacques Renaud Benard - 1765
Diderot C1790 LG Folio Ship Print.
Marine, Elevations et Profils des Formes 09. Marine, Elevations et Profils des Formes de Rochefort et de leurs differentes parties pris aux Endroits marques sur le Plan par les Lignes.
French Navy. Impressive cross-sections of the locks and related machinery used at Rochefort by the French Navy to build naval vessels, including some that would soon fight in the American Revolution. The engraving shows some nine different plans that display the workings of individual locks, through cross-sections and . Plans of the workings, including the pumps and machine houses, are shown. This plan was designed by the main engraver for the French Navy at this time, Nicolas Bellin, and published in Diderot's monumental Encyclopedie.
(Copperplate engraving by Benard after Jacques-Nicholas Bellin on laid paper, Paris 1765 ff.)
Image size: 33 x 87 cm (height x width), sheet size: 43 x 95 cm. The sheet is marked *Suite de la Pl. IX* at the top right, signed in the plate with Benard at the bottom right, bottom left: *Sur les Dessins de Mr. Bellin, Ingenieur de la Marine*. Shown are several profile cross-sections of the technical systems, hydraulics, dry dock. The sheet is folded several times, slightly stained or slightly foxed, slightly water stained on the lower edge (just into the image), slightly bent on the wide white outer edge, the right white outer edge with edge lesions.
Benard, Diderot, d`Alembert, Encyclopedie, Google, Marine, Rochefort, profile, profile section, hydraulics, Bellin
Robert Bénard (1734 in Paris – 1794) was a French engraver.
Specialised in the technique of engraving, Robert Bénard is mainly famous for having supplied a significant number of plates (at least 1,800) to the Encyclopédie by Diderot & d'Alembert from 1751.Later, publisher Charles-Joseph Panckoucke reused many of his productions to illustrate the works of his catalog.
Biographical research established in 2019 that his real name was Jacques Renaud Benard, that he was born in 1731 at Rosny-sous-Bois, and that he died in Paris in 1794.
The signature "Benard fecit" on plates probably indicates the work of his own hand; the signatures "Benard Direx" and "Benard Direxit" indicate the work of the atelier of engravers he directed for many years.
Laid paper image very clear. Water stain present along the lower perimeter. Pricing and grading commensurate.
Diderot C1790 LG Folio Ship Print.
Marine, Elevations et Profils des Formes 09. Marine, Elevations et Profils des Formes de Rochefort et de leurs differentes parties pris aux Endroits marques sur le Plan par les Lignes.
French Navy. Impressive cross-sections of the locks and related machinery used at Rochefort by the French Navy to build naval vessels, including some that would soon fight in the American Revolution. The engraving shows some nine different plans that display the workings of individual locks, through cross-sections and . Plans of the workings, including the pumps and machine houses, are shown. This plan was designed by the main engraver for the French Navy at this time, Nicolas Bellin, and published in Diderot's monumental Encyclopedie.
(Copperplate engraving by Benard after Jacques-Nicholas Bellin on laid paper, Paris 1765 ff.)
Image size: 33 x 87 cm (height x width), sheet size: 43 x 95 cm. The sheet is marked *Suite de la Pl. IX* at the top right, signed in the plate with Benard at the bottom right, bottom left: *Sur les Dessins de Mr. Bellin, Ingenieur de la Marine*. Shown are several profile cross-sections of the technical systems, hydraulics, dry dock. The sheet is folded several times, slightly stained or slightly foxed, slightly water stained on the lower edge (just into the image), slightly bent on the wide white outer edge, the right white outer edge with edge lesions.
Benard, Diderot, d`Alembert, Encyclopedie, Google, Marine, Rochefort, profile, profile section, hydraulics, Bellin
Robert Bénard (1734 in Paris – 1794) was a French engraver.
Specialised in the technique of engraving, Robert Bénard is mainly famous for having supplied a significant number of plates (at least 1,800) to the Encyclopédie by Diderot & d'Alembert from 1751.Later, publisher Charles-Joseph Panckoucke reused many of his productions to illustrate the works of his catalog.
Biographical research established in 2019 that his real name was Jacques Renaud Benard, that he was born in 1731 at Rosny-sous-Bois, and that he died in Paris in 1794.
The signature "Benard fecit" on plates probably indicates the work of his own hand; the signatures "Benard Direx" and "Benard Direxit" indicate the work of the atelier of engravers he directed for many years.
Laid paper image very clear. Water stain present along the lower perimeter. Pricing and grading commensurate.
Diderot C1790 LG Folio Ship Print.
Marine, Elevations et Profils des Formes 09. Marine, Elevations et Profils des Formes de Rochefort et de leurs differentes parties pris aux Endroits marques sur le Plan par les Lignes.
French Navy. Impressive cross-sections of the locks and related machinery used at Rochefort by the French Navy to build naval vessels, including some that would soon fight in the American Revolution. The engraving shows some nine different plans that display the workings of individual locks, through cross-sections and . Plans of the workings, including the pumps and machine houses, are shown. This plan was designed by the main engraver for the French Navy at this time, Nicolas Bellin, and published in Diderot's monumental Encyclopedie.
(Copperplate engraving by Benard after Jacques-Nicholas Bellin on laid paper, Paris 1765 ff.)
Image size: 33 x 87 cm (height x width), sheet size: 43 x 95 cm. The sheet is marked *Suite de la Pl. IX* at the top right, signed in the plate with Benard at the bottom right, bottom left: *Sur les Dessins de Mr. Bellin, Ingenieur de la Marine*. Shown are several profile cross-sections of the technical systems, hydraulics, dry dock. The sheet is folded several times, slightly stained or slightly foxed, slightly water stained on the lower edge (just into the image), slightly bent on the wide white outer edge, the right white outer edge with edge lesions.
Benard, Diderot, d`Alembert, Encyclopedie, Google, Marine, Rochefort, profile, profile section, hydraulics, Bellin
Robert Bénard (1734 in Paris – 1794) was a French engraver.
Specialised in the technique of engraving, Robert Bénard is mainly famous for having supplied a significant number of plates (at least 1,800) to the Encyclopédie by Diderot & d'Alembert from 1751.Later, publisher Charles-Joseph Panckoucke reused many of his productions to illustrate the works of his catalog.
Biographical research established in 2019 that his real name was Jacques Renaud Benard, that he was born in 1731 at Rosny-sous-Bois, and that he died in Paris in 1794.
The signature "Benard fecit" on plates probably indicates the work of his own hand; the signatures "Benard Direx" and "Benard Direxit" indicate the work of the atelier of engravers he directed for many years.
Laid paper image very clear. Water stain present along the lower perimeter. Pricing and grading commensurate.
Code : A107
Cartographer : Cartographer / Engraver / Publisher: Denis Diderot / Jacques Renaud Benard
Date : Publication Place / Date - 1769
Size : Sheet size: 43 x 95 cm
Availability : Available
Type - Genuine - Antique
Grading A-
Where Applicable - Folds as issued. Light box photo shows the folio leaf centre margin hinge ‘glue’, this is not visible otherwise.
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