Relation entre les illustrations de la Cyclopaedia et celles de l'Encyclopédie

Philip Stewart: Encyclopedia Illustrations: from the Cyclopædia to the Encyclopédie. Chambers's Cyclopædia was the first source of the Encyclopédie's illustrations as well as its text. Many of his nineteen plates turn up also in the Encyclopédie, particularly those concerning mathematical subjects; but these are clearly recognized, as are many other sources that were copied directly. In the particular case of anatomy, where traditions carried great authority, there are many common sources beginning with Vesalius. Because such plates are also related to certain iconographical traditions (in particular the memento mori), they need to be understood in the light of the full contemporary context of anatomical, medical and even religious illustration. The Encyclopédie's illustrations are of course much more extensive than Chambers's, and they modify the symbolic connotations of these plates as well.Stewart Philip. Relation entre les illustrations de la Cyclopaedia et celles de l'Encyclopédie. In: Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie, n°12, 1992. pp. 71-98