Encyclopédie
History of crafts, engraved 1762
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An engraved plate from Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie (1762-1772), the book that put the needle maker and the sand caster next to philosophy, with one line about the craft. Self-contained, no account or key: add it to a playlist and you are done. Every refresh brings a new plate; the plugin's refresh rate sets how often.
Plates courtesy of the ARTFL Encyclopédie Project, University of Chicago; the engravings are in the public domain. The lines are new text written for this plugin from each plate and its original legend, they are not quotations.
More from the same maker: I Love Maps, Relief of the Day, Memento, Now Printing.
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The line about the craft next to the plate, or the plate alone with one small caption.