Chair Frame and Fittings, Diderot Chirurgie Supplement Plate 4, circa 1778
€ 290
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
circa 1778
Mapmaker / artist
Not named on the sheet
Publisher
Giuseppe Aubert, Livorno
Technique
Copper Engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13259-43
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Handling soiling along the bottom and right edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Slight wear at the bottom right and top left corners. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the top.
About this sheet
An original antique copper engraving, uncolored, with six numbered figures. Fig. 1 is a straight elevation of the operating chair showing the back frame: a tall upholstered panel edged with nails, two vertical rods joined by a sliding crossbar, a bar across the top carrying a small clamp, curved rests, 7, at each side, and the seat, legs, screw feet and low footboard below. Fig. 2 is a curved band with a thumbscrew clamp and a square sliding bar. Figs. 3 and 4 show the end of a rod with a ring of studs above a flat, rounded blade; in Fig. 4 a pierced strip, d, swings across the blade and is also drawn in dotted outline. Fig. 5 is a padded block with a sliding bar beneath a crescent rest drawn in dotted line, and Fig. 6 a square socket with a round boss and side screws. A scale bar runs beneath the fittings.
The plate number "Suppl. Pl. 4." is lettered vertically at the right, the section "Chirurgie." below the border, and the page number "147." at the lower left. The scale is lettered "Echelle de 3 Pieds de Roi." No engraver's mark is lettered at the lower right.
The Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert was accompanied by volumes of engraved plates, the Recueil de planches. In the Livorno edition published by Giuseppe Aubert the plate volumes appeared between 1771 and 1778, with a supplement volume of plates in 1778 to 1779, the source of this plate. The Chirurgie plates set out surgical instruments, bandages and apparatus, keyed to an explanation in the text volume.
The sheet has the look of a working drawing, attractive in a study.
Condition: Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Handling soiling along the bottom and right edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Slight wear at the bottom right and top left corners. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the top.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
