Diderot and d'Alembert, Encyclopédie

The Enlightenment's great reference work, which began as a translation of Chambers and became a political event.

Made by

Edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert

Date

1751–1772

Held by

Paris: Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand

Medium

Engravings

Plates

2

Image credits

• Plate 1: Frontispiece by C.-N. Cochin, engraved by B.-L. Prévost (1772); reproduction of a public-domain work. License: Public domain. Source page ↗
• Plate 2: Encyclopédie, vol. I title page (1751), via the ARTFL Project, University of Chicago; public domain. License: Public domain. Source page ↗