Encyclopedie posters & prints

Title page of Denis Diderot's Encyclopedie Anonymous

Casting bells French School

Buttons maker & lace maker Louis-Jacques Goussier

Denis Diderot 1784 Jean-Simon Berthelemy

Warping silk threads Louis-Jacques (after) Goussier

The Cafe Procope Kretz

Pewter-making, c1750s Unknown

A Forge French School

The Confectioner's French School

A paper mill Louis-Jacques Goussier

Cutlery-making, c1750s Unknown

Refining saltpetre French School

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

The Instrument Maker's Workshop Robert Benard

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

Dying silk threads French School

Manufacture of gunpowder French School

Fruits of the Earth, 1658 John Amos Comenius

The Bakery French School

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

Jean le Rond d'Alembert, 18th century French philosopher and mathematician, 1834 Unknown

Forging an anchor French School

Joiner's workshop, making coaches and sedan chairs French School

Forging an anchor French School

The engraving Workshop, Chapter on engraving French School

Wall mounted telephone, c1910 Unknown

Primitive pole lathe, from a Japanese trades encyclopedia Anonymous

Denis Diderot 1773 Dmitri Grigor'evich Levitsky

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

Basse-Lisse technique at the Gobelins tapestry manufactory French School

Portable threshing machine, c1910 Unknown

Needle making workshop, 1751-1780 Unknown

William Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician Cassell

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, 18th century French chemist, in his laboratory, 1814 Unknown

Diseases of the potato, c1920 Unknown

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