Original Antique Print Depicting the Distillation of Alcohol, 1751

Reference
BG-04344
Date
1751
Category
Engraving
Sheet size
27.0 x 18.5 cm (10.6 x 7.3 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 220

Antique print titled ‘Distillatuer Liquoriste Limonadier, Fourneaux & C.’.

This print depicts the distillation of alcohol. This print originates from ‘The Encyclopeie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, par une Societe de Gens de lettres’.

Artists and Engravers: Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was a French philosopher, art critic and writer. Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher. These plates are engraved by J.A.Defehrt and Bonaventure/Benoit-Louis Prevost after J.R Lucotte or Goussier.

Condition: Very good, general age-related toning. Please study image carefully.

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