Savérien, Alexandre, 1720-1805, Histoire des philosophes modernes , [1760-1769?]
- Title(s):
Histoire des philosophes modernes : avec leur portrait gravé dans le goût du crayon, d'apres les desseins des plus grands peintres / par M. Saverien.
- Published/Created:
- A Paris : Publiée par François, graveur des desseins du Cabinet du Roi, graveur ordinaire du Roi de Pologne, Duc de Lorraine et de Bar, et Pensionnaire de L. M., Ruë Saint Jacques à la vielle Poste, vis-a-vis la Ruë du Plâtre, [1760-1769?]
- Physical Description:
- 8 volumes : illustrations ; 32 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsB76 .S28 1761+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3555851
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Imprint varies. Other volumes with "de l'Imprimerie de Brunet."
Contains engraved head- and tail-pieces.
Text printed in two columns.
Title pages are engraved.
Illustrations are soft-ground etchings, "en manière de crayon," by Jean Charles François, inventor of this technique.
British Museum. General catalogue of printed books to 1955 (compact edition), v. 22, 733
Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), v. 5, 154
Includes bibliographical references.
BAC: British Art Center imperfect: comprises volume 2 only. Bound in contemporary marbled paper wrappers. - Subject Terms:
- Philosophers, Modern -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.Philosophers, Modern -- Early works to 1800.Philosophy, Modern -- History -- Early works to 1800.
- Form/Genre:
- Soft-ground etchings -- 1761.
- Export:
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- t. 1. Les metaphisiciens
- t.2. Histoire des moralistes et des legislateurs
- t. 3-4. Histoire des restaurateurs des sciences
- t. 5. Histoire des mathematiciens
- t. 6. Histoire des phisiciens.-- t. 7. Histoire des chimistes et des cosmologistes.-- t. 8. Histoire des naturalistes.
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