File:Encyclopedie frontispice full.jpg

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Alternative names	Benoît Louis Prévost; Benoît-Louis Prévôt; Benoit Louis Prevost; Benôit Louis Prevost; Benoit-Louis Prevost; Benoit-Louis Prevot; B.L. Prevost
Description	French engraver
Date of birth/death	1747	19 March 1816
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work period	1775 –1804
Work location	Paris
Authority file	: Q2896413 VIAF: 95948489 ISNI: 0000000065480376 ULAN: 500041258 LCCN: nr99038269 NLA: 36039772 WorldCat

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Alternative names	Charles-Nicolas Cochin (II), Charles-Nicolas Cochin
Description	French graphic artist
Date of birth/death	22 February 1715	29 April 1790
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work period	Rococo era QS:P2348,Q122960
Work location	Paris
Authority file	: Q2408093 VIAF: 51687541 ISNI: 0000000121326120 ULAN: 500021138 LCCN: n84111949 NLA: 35029253 WorldCat

Description

English: Encyclopedie's frontispiece, full version. Engraving by Benoît Louis Prévost.

Title page of the 'Encyclopedia or Reasoned Dictionary of Sciences, Arts and Crafts (Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers in the original title) a vast encyclopedia published in the eighteenth century, in French, by a substantial group of intellectuals under the direction of Diderot and D'Alembert. It represents an important point of arrival of a long path aimed at creating a universal compendium of knowledge, as well as the first prototype of wide diffusion and success of modern encyclopedias, to which the following ones will look and be inspired in the structure.

Italiano: Frontespizio dell'Enciclopedia o Dizionario ragionato delle scienze, delle arti e dei mestieri (Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers nel titolo originale) una vasta enciclopedia pubblicata nel XVIII secolo, in lingua francese, da un consistente gruppo di intellettuali sotto la direzione di Diderot e D'Alembert. Essa rappresenta un importante punto di arrivo di un lungo percorso teso a creare un compendio universale del sapere, nonché il primo prototipo di larga diffusione e successo delle moderne enciclopedie, al quale guarderanno e si ispireranno nella struttura quelle successive.

Date

1764 (pinx) & 1772 (sculp.)

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From English Wikipedia: Encyclopedie frontispice full 473px.jpg; original source: [1]

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:02, 14 December 2025	1,510 × 2,380 (919 KB)	JayCubby	Cropped 25 % horizontally, 23 % vertically, 42 % areawise using CropTool2 with precise mode.
	21:52, 14 December 2025	2,000 × 3,105 (1,008 KB)	JayCubby	https://global.museum-digital.org/object/1583015
	09:22, 17 March 2011	1,266 × 1,973 (1.12 MB)	Shizhao	big pic from http://www.enzyklopaedie.ch/fronti/titelbilderfaksmimiles/EncyclopFrontispice.JPG
	13:05, 8 September 2005	473 × 706 (195 KB)	Tomisti	Encyclopedie's frontispice, full version. From English Wikipedia: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/84/Encyclopedie_frontispice_full_473px.jpg {{PD}}