Accession No

3635

Brief Description

prints illustrating balances, by Defehrt and Prevost, French, 1751 (c)

Origin

France

Maker

Defehrt Prevost

Class

prints; balances

Earliest Date

1751

Latest Date

1751

Inscription Date

Material

paper; card; glass; wood

Dimensions

plate 4 height 503mm; plate 4 breadth 370mm; plate 5 height 405mm; breadth 240mm; plate 3 height 405mm; breadth 244mm; plate 2 (mounted) height 496mm; breadth 347mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘Pl. II’ (top of plate 2)
‘Defehrt fecit.’ (at bottom of plates 2 and 3)
‘Pl. III’ (top of plate 3)
‘Pl. IV’ (top of plate 4)
‘Prevost fecit.’ (bottom of plate 4 and 5)
‘Pl. V’ (top of plate 5)
‘Balancier.’ (bottom of each plate)

Description Notes

Black and white prints; 4 plates from Diderot’s “Receuil des Plances”. Each plate consistes of illustrations of balances. Plate 2 mounted, plate 4 mounted and framed.

3635.1 is Plate II
3635.2 is Plate III
3635.3 is Plate IV
3635.4 is Plate V

Condition good; complete

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