Plants for Ropes

Plants for Ropes BENARD (Jacques Renaud) after BASSEPORTE (Madeleine Françoise) Copper engraving, watermarked paper, last quarter of the 18th century Published by Panckoucke, Paris Sheet dimension: 30 x 22 cm Plate mark dimension: 25 x 20 cm Plate No. 28, Figure 361 in "Marine" depicting plants used for making ropes for ships. This plate is based on a drawing by Madeleine Françoise Basseporte and originally belonged to the collection "Traité de la Fabrique des Manœuvres les vaisseaux" of 1747 (Henri L. Duhamel du Monceau). It appeared in the section: "Art of Rope Making" of chapter 1, page 10, Plate 1 Very good condition, old coloring. Jacques Renaud Benard (1731-1794) was a French engraver, primarily renowned for having provided a significant number of plates for the Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert, starting from the fourth volume in 1754.