Encyclopaedia posters & prints

Agriculture, plate I from the Encyclopaedia of Denis Diderot 1762 French School

Louis Moreri School French

Buttons maker & lace maker Louis-Jacques Goussier

Casting bells French School

A Forge French School

The Meeting of Encyclopédistes at Diderots Home, 1859 Anonymous

Forging an anchor French School

Perspective view of a 'Patouillet' French School

Boring wooden pipes, and casting and drawing iron pipes, c1825 Unknown

Various pumps for draining ships, 1816 Unknown

Title page of Denis Diderot's Encyclopedie Anonymous

A General Display of Arts and Sciences, 1790 Reynolds Grignion

Thunderbolt or lightning, 1508. Anonymous

Various pumps for raising water, 1816 Unknown

Interior of a Printing Works and Plan of a Press Robert Benard

Diseases of the potato, c1920 Unknown

Rhetorick English School

Denis Diderot 1784 Jean-Simon Berthelemy

Agriculture or husbandry diagram English School

The Instrument Maker's Workshop Robert Benard

Portraits of the Encyclopaedists Jean Le Rond d'Alembert and Denis Diderot 1751-72 French School

Boys' races from 'Orbis Sensualium Pictus', 1658 John Amos Comenius

The engraving Workshop, Chapter on engraving French School

Fruits of the Earth, 1658 John Amos Comenius

Needle-making equipment, 1819 Unknown

Illustrations taken from 'A New Technical Educator: An Encyclopedia of Technical Education', published by Cassell, 1870 English School

Primitive pole lathe, from a Japanese trades encyclopedia Anonymous

Gas lighting, 1814 Unknown

Thomas Pennant, 18th century British zoologist, writer and traveller, 1823 Unknown

Longitudinal section of a typical British passenger steam locomotive, 1888 Unknown

Cook, Pastrycook, Caterer, Seller of roast meat French School

Flora English School

Denis Diderot 1773 Dmitri Grigor'evich Levitsky

Refining saltpetre French School

Loom for weaving stockings French School

Hugh Henry Brackenridge from 'Cyclopedia of American Literature', by Evert Augustus Duyckinck 1855 American School