Published by Richards & Co.
Richards & Co.; Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637-1714
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Date
1800-1899Description
Print originally used as the frontispiece for the third edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica in 1797. A balloon flies above a Greek architectural square where are gathered a large group of men, buildings, inventions and discoveries significant to the history of Western science, art and philosophy. For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/407
Subject
Frontispiece, Animals, Library buildings, Architecture -- Greece, Mathematics, Plato, Skeleton, Musical instruments, Moses (Biblical leader), Science -- Study and teaching