Century Of Light Collection

Immanuel Kant (engraving)
NWI4949948 Immanuel Kant (engraving); (add.info.: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Jean Jacques Rousseau, Genevan, French philosopher and writer, etching from an book about 1766 (etching)
UTD4916791 Jean Jacques Rousseau, Genevan, French philosopher and writer, etching from an book about 1766 (etching); (add.info.: Jean Jacques Rousseau, Genevan, French philosopher and writer)

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), American politician, memorialist, pamphletarian and physicist
JAB5034048 Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), American politician, memorialist, pamphletarian and physicist. Engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info)

Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) - Engraving by Rados after Mainister's drawing
XEE5027417 Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) - Engraving by Rados after Mainister's drawing; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)

Illustration for " Les Liaisons dangereuses", epistolaire novel by Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803)
PCT4293095 Illustration for " Les Liaisons dangereuses", epistolaire novel by Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803). Volume 2

Surgical instruments for extracting foreign bodies from the esophagus - Plate from " L'Encyclopedie" by
FLO4611943 Surgical instruments for extracting foreign bodies from the esophagus - Plate from " L'Encyclopedie" by Denis Diderot (1713-1784) and Jean Le Rond D'Alembert (1717-1783)

Knee pad, slipper and mechanical mechanism - Plate from " L'Encyclopedie" by Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
FLO4611907 Knee pad, slipper and mechanical mechanism - Plate from " L'Encyclopedie" by Denis Diderot (1713-1784) and Jean Le Rond D'Alembert (1717-1783)

Literature. The french philosopher Denis Diderot. Imagery from the parisian department store
3434281 Literature. The french philosopher Denis Diderot. Imagery from the parisian department store: Aux Quatre Arrondissements, France, c.1900; (add.info.: Litterature. Coll. Part. Literature)

Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778) (engraving)
AIS5354704 Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778) (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Jean Jacques Rousseau)

Doctor Pibrac's tongue wound bandage and lithotoma, used to hunt the bladder - Plate taken from "
FLO4611922 Doctor Pibrac's tongue wound bandage and lithotoma, used to hunt the bladder - Plate taken from " L'Encyclopedie" by Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

Screws for compression of blood vessels by Jean Louis Petite, tourniquet device and double band to adjust it
FLO4611834 Screws for compression of blood vessels by Jean Louis Petite, tourniquet device and double band to adjust it, chamois skin compress

surgical chair with patient to remove a vesical calculation through the groin - Plate taken from "
FLO4611780 surgical chair with patient to remove a vesical calculation through the groin - Plate taken from " L'Encyclopedie" by Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

Jean Louis Petite's machine to compress femoral artere during thigh amputation, bandage
FLO4611844 Jean Louis Petite's machine to compress femoral artere during thigh amputation, bandage, aneurysm needle and scissors - Plate taken from " L'Encyclopedie" by Denis

Portrait of the Abbe Etienne Bonnot de Condillac (1715 - 1780) philosopher francais
XEE5028662 Portrait of the Abbe Etienne Bonnot de Condillac (1715 - 1780) philosopher francais; (add.info.: Portrait of the Abbe Etienne Bonnot de Condillac (1715 - 1780) philosopher francais

Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) - Engraving of 1780
XEE5027426 Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) - Engraving of 1780; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) - Engraving of 1780); Stefano Bianchetti

Immanuel Kant, 18th century (engraving)
2907786 Immanuel Kant, 18th century (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers.)

Frontispiece to L Emile, ou De l'education by J.J Rousseau, c.1782 (engraving)
1761683 Frontispiece to L Emile, ou De l'education by J.J Rousseau, c.1782 (engraving); (add.info.: Emile, or On Education is a treatise on the nature of education and on the nature of man)

Frontispiece of the "Complete Works" of Francois Marie Arouet dit VOLTAIRE (1694-1778)
AIS5355318 Frontispiece of the "Complete Works" of Francois Marie Arouet dit VOLTAIRE (1694-1778), Edition published in Geneva, 1771 (engraving); Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona

View of the presbytery of Bossey where the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) studied between 1722 and 1724
AIS5354710 View of the presbytery of Bossey where the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) studied between 1722 and 1724, Switzerland

The Bodhi Tree aka the Pagoda Fig Tree, Bodhi Fig Tree or Bo Tree, (Ficus religiosa), 1882
7125194 The Bodhi Tree aka the Pagoda Fig Tree, Bodhi Fig Tree or Bo Tree, (Ficus religiosa), 1882; (add.info.: The Bodhi Tree aka the Pagoda Fig Tree, Bodhi Fig Tree or Bo Tree)

Charles Louis De Secondat, Baron de La Brede et de MONTESQUIEU (1689-1755), French philosopher and writer
JAB4121129 Charles Louis De Secondat, Baron de La Brede et de MONTESQUIEU (1689-1755), French philosopher and writer. Engraving 1864; (add.info.: Charles Louis De Secondat)

Portrait of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783), French mathematician, philosopher and encyclopedist
JAB5037373 Portrait of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783), French mathematician, philosopher and encyclopedist. engraving from 1878; (add.info)

Portrait of Francois-Marie Arouet, dit Voltaire (1694-1778)
XEE5032051 Portrait of Francois-Marie Arouet, dit Voltaire (1694-1778); (add.info.: Portrait of Francois-Marie Arouet, dit Voltaire (1694-1778)); Stefano Bianchetti

Sutures, withers, fine-tip syringe by Dominique Anel, siphon, injection tubes
FLO4611953 Sutures, withers, fine-tip syringe by Dominique Anel, siphon, injection tubes, 18-sheet bandage for complex fractures

Lutherie: presentation of different tools for making bow instruments, 1772 (engraving)
FAT4300837 Lutherie: presentation of different tools for making bow instruments, 1772 (engraving); (add.info.: Lutherie: presentation of different tools for making bow instruments)

Illustration for " Les Liaisons dangereuses", epistolaire novel by Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803)
PCT4293102 Illustration for " Les Liaisons dangereuses", epistolaire novel by Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803). Volume 2

Literature. The french philosopher Voltaire. Imagery from the Parisian Department Store: Aux Quatre Arrondissements
3434276 Literature. The french philosopher Voltaire. Imagery from the Parisian Department Store: Aux Quatre Arrondissements, France, c.1900; (add.info.: Litterature. Coll. Part. Literature)

Portrait of the French writer and philosopher Denis Diderot (1713-1784) engraving of 1878
JAB5037352 Portrait of the French writer and philosopher Denis Diderot (1713-1784) engraving of 1878; (add.info.: Portrait of the French writer and philosopher Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Engraving of the 19th century
JAB5034011 Portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Engraving of the 19th century); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Representation of Victor Riquetti de Mirabeau, Marquis de Mirabeau (1715-1789)
ELD4957128 Representation of Victor Riquetti de Mirabeau, Marquis de Mirabeau (1715-1789) French economist and philosopher surrounds Physiocrates in Versailles around 1750

View of the house Les Charmettes, residence of Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) between 1736 and 1742
ELD4833660 View of the house Les Charmettes, residence of Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) between 1736 and 1742, near Chambery (Savoie)

Lutherie: the various works of craftsmen and the tools used in the work, "L'Encyclopedia de Diderot et
FAT4300869 Lutherie: the various works of craftsmen and the tools used in the work, "L'Encyclopedia de Diderot et D'Alembert", 1772 (engraving) by Benard

Lutherie: presentation of different tools for making bow instruments, 1772 (engraving)
FAT4300796 Lutherie: presentation of different tools for making bow instruments, 1772 (engraving); (add.info.: Lutherie: presentation of different tools for making bow instruments)

Rectum with seistule, syringotome (syringe) for incising the anal fistula
FLO4611875 Rectum with seistule, syringotome (syringe) for incising the anal fistula, several bandages - Plate from " L'Encyclopedie" by Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) meditating on his "Emile", leans against a tree in a buccolic landscape
PCT4261505 Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) meditating on his "Emile", leans against a tree in a buccolic landscape near his home in the Montmorency countryside

Immanuel Kant at the table with friends, 19th century (engraving)
FGL5484908 Immanuel Kant at the table with friends, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers

Enlightenment: Portrait (Bust) of Denis Diderot (1713-1784), writer and philosopher'
BEN5478522 Enlightenment: Portrait (Bust) of Denis Diderot (1713-1784), writer and philosopher'. sculpture by Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828).Hotel du Breuil in Saint-Germain

Portrait of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783), French philosopher, writer and mathematician
XEE5027653 Portrait of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783), French philosopher, writer and mathematician; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783), French philosopher

Portrait of the French writer, thinker and priest Guillaume-Thomas Raynal (1713-1796). 19th century (engraving)
ELD4866070 Portrait of the French writer, thinker and priest Guillaume-Thomas Raynal (1713-1796). 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info)

Memorial of Immanuel Kant at Koenigsberg, 1892 (engraving)
3728850 Memorial of Immanuel Kant at Koenigsberg, 1892 (engraving); (add.info.: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers

Bust of the French writer and philosopher Francois-Marie Arouet dit Voltaire (1694-1778)
JEB4944969 Bust of the French writer and philosopher Francois-Marie Arouet dit Voltaire (1694-1778) Sculpture - Galerie des Hommes illustres Chateau de Versailles; (add.info)

Jean Le Rond D Alembert, 1864 (engraving)
8766894 Jean Le Rond D Alembert, 1864 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1717-1783, Jean Le Rond D Alembert, french physician and mathematician encyclopedist)

Voltaire, French writer and philosopher, etching from an book of the 18th century, about 1766 (etching)
UTD4916589 Voltaire, French writer and philosopher, etching from an book of the 18th century, about 1766 (etching); (add.info.: Voltaire, French writer and philosopher)

Immanuel Kant, 1885 (woodcut)
3730287 Immanuel Kant, 1885 (woodcut); (add.info.: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers.); Bildagentur-online/UIG

Trocade a tracheotomy, brush for the stomach, tumour in the chest after Lorenz Heister
FLO4611930 Trocade a tracheotomy, brush for the stomach, tumour in the chest after Lorenz Heister, scar after the elimination of the tumour

Obstetric clamp and its use to remove a uterine polyp, tweezers and speculum by Andre Levret - Plate from "
FLO4611914 Obstetric clamp and its use to remove a uterine polyp, tweezers and speculum by Andre Levret - Plate from " L'Encyclopedie" by Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

Surgical knee pad and machine for treating disloqueous joints of Jean Louis Petite - Plate drawn from "
FLO4611913 Surgical knee pad and machine for treating disloqueous joints of Jean Louis Petite - Plate drawn from " L'Encyclopedie" by Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

Bandages, corbin beak pliers, cane spout pliers, balls removal pliers and various sutures - Plate taken from "
FLO4611896 Bandages, corbin beak pliers, cane spout pliers, balls removal pliers and various sutures - Plate taken from " L'Encyclopedie" by Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

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"Century of Light: Illuminating Minds and Shaping History" Step into the world of enlightenment as we explore the remarkable individuals who ignited a century of intellectual brilliance. From James Gregory, the Scottish mathematician and astronomer, to Immanuel Kant, whose miniature portrait captures his profound philosophical contributions. Delve into the wisdom of ancient civilizations with glimpses of the Chinese alphabet and encyclopedic wonders from Diderot and d'Alembert's monumental work. Marvel at Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu's marble statue, symbolizing his groundbreaking ideas on political theory. The luminous presence of Voltaire in marble reminds us of his relentless pursuit for freedom of thought and expression. Denis Diderot, the French abbe turned philosopher, writer, and translator leaves an indelible mark on literature and philosophy. Witness Jean-Jacques Rousseau's enchanting scene from "Julie ou la nouvelle Heloise, " where Saint Preux and Claire create harmonious melodies on a harpsichord – a testament to Rousseau's influential romanticism. Sir Isaac Newton's lithograph stands tall as a beacon of scientific revolution while George Berkeley's engraving invites contemplation on perception and reality. Alexander Pope’s lithograph encapsulates his poetic genius that resonates through time. This captivating era shaped our understanding of science, philosophy, literature, politics - forever transforming human civilization. Join us in celebrating this extraordinary "Century of Light" that continues to illuminate our minds even today.