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Encyclopedie contenant une Description abregée des Principaux Arts et Metiers

Designer Designed and engraved by J. B. Guélard French
1774
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Encyclopedie contenant une Description abregée des Principaux Arts et Metiers
  • Designer: Designed and engraved by J. B. Guélard (French, active ca. 1730)
  • Date: 1774
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Overall: 11 x 7 7/8 x 1 3/16 in. (28 x 20 x 3 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund
  • Object Number: 50.569.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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