File:Pull-out frontispiece to Chambers' 'Cyclopaedia' Wellcome L0035402.jpg

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Pull-out frontispiece to Chambers' 'Cyclopaedia'
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Pull-out frontispiece to Chambers' 'Cyclopaedia'
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Fold-out frontispiece plate to Chambers' 'Cyclopaedia..'. This large and extremely detailed engraved plate shows a large forum in which men are busily constructing, measuring and evaluating using instruments and charts. Presumably a symbolic depiction of the 'Arts abd Sciences' of the Cyclopaedia's title. Reminiscent of Raphael's 'School of Athens'.

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Keywords: Geometry; Instruments; Art; Science
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