Collection of engravings by Robert Bénard for the 1763 Diderot Encyclopédie, 1760-1763

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Summary

Creators:
Bénard, Robert, 1734-
Abstract:
Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Encyclopaedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts) is an encyclopedia published in France between 1751-1772 and edited by Denis Diderot. This collection consists of engraving plates by Robert Bénard (1734-1777) for the 1763 edition. The plates were likely pulled from one volume of the Encyclopédie.
Extent:
4 Linear Feet (4 oversize flat boxes)
Language:
Materials are in French.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of engravings by Robert Bénard for the 1763 Diderot Encyclopédie (Collection 1629). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of engraving plates by Robert Bénard (1734-1777) for the 1763 edition of Diderot's Encyclopédie. They are likely pulled from a single volume of supplemental plates.

Biographical / historical:

Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Encyclopaedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts) is an encyclopedia published in France between 1751-1772 and edited by Denis Diderot. Robert Benard (1734-1777) was a French engraver who engraved more than 1800 plates for Diderot's Encyclopédie.

Acquisition information:
Source and date of receipt unknown.
Processing information:

Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.

Processed by Lindsay Chaney in 2016 in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Jillian Cuellar.

Arrangement:

The plates are arranged alphabetically.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Portions of collection unprocessed. Please contact Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of engravings by Robert Bénard for the 1763 Diderot Encyclopédie (Collection 1629). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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