1778 – D. Diderot – Marine Premier Rang

Title:                      “Marine, Vaisseau du Premier Rang avec ses Mats et Vergues,et quelqest uns des principaux Cordages”​
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Description:
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​Beautiful and very detailed three-masted French warship.

The letters and numbers shows:

A the keel. B the sternpost and stem. C the rudder. D the vaulting or arch, and transom. E the gallery. F the frieze. G the spar or flag staff and its block or chouquet, or Moor’s head. H the top of the poop deck at the stern, or the poop deck. H H the stern castle or after castle. J the topsail yard. K the half-deck or guard-house. This is usually the part that is under the stern forecastle. L the forecastle or prow castle. The part of the deck between the letters I K is called the belle or the embelle. M the timbers or bosseurs. N the spur. O the pre-girts or girts. P the gun and the gun ports. Q the tack mast. R the main anchor, the largest and heaviest of all the ship’s anchors. S the hawse pipes. T the cable. V the buoy and its rope. W the mizzen mast. X the mainmast Y the foremast or foremast, or foremast. Z the bowsprit mast, or simply the bowsprit and the bottle. a mizzen topgallant mast. b main topmast. c main topgallant mast. d foretopmast. e foretopmast. f bowsprit topgallant mast. g the weathervanes. h mainmast or main topgallant flag. i the stern flag. k the bowsprit flag. l the mizzen yard and mizzen sail. m the mizzen or mowing yard. n the mizzen topgallant yard and mizzen sail. o the main yard and the main sail of the main topsail. p the main topsail yard and the main topsail. q yard of the main topgallant, and sail of the main topgallant, or the main topgallant. r yard and foresail. s yard and sail of the foretopsail. t yard and sail of the foretopgallant. u yard and sail of the bowsprit. x yard and sail of the bowsprit. y y the tops.

The engraving comes from Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert, based on a work by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, book “Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers…”, drawn by Goussier, engraved by Benard Direx, published in Geneve, 1778.

Engraver:           Denis Diderot (1713 – 1784)
Sheet size:           36,5 x 25,5 cm
Year:                     1778
Technique:         copper engraving

Condition:
Good, original condition. Watermarked paper. Folds as published.
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This is a genuine antique engraving published in 1778 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity