Encylopedie posters & prints

A Forge French School

Title page of Denis Diderot's Encyclopedie Anonymous

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

Buttons maker & lace maker Louis-Jacques Goussier

Forging an anchor French School

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

Primitive pole lathe, from a Japanese trades encyclopedia Anonymous

Casting bells French School

Basse-Lisse technique at the Gobelins tapestry manufactory French School

Dying silk threads French School

Refining saltpetre French School

Fruits of the Earth, 1658 John Amos Comenius

Loom for weaving stockings French School

The Instrument Maker's Workshop Robert Benard

The engraving Workshop, Chapter on engraving French School

The Bakery French School

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

Forging an anchor French School

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

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