Loop Forceps, Cross Frame and Dissection, Diderot Chirurgie Plate VI, circa 1772
€ 270
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
circa 1772
Mapmaker / artist
Antonio Baratti (AB monogram)
Publisher
Giuseppe Aubert, Livorno
Technique
Copper Engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-13259-7
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 top edge. Scattered light foxing in the margin. Slight wear at the top right corner. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the right. Several larger brown marks.
About this sheet
An original antique copper engraving, uncolored, in seven numbered figures. At the right is a forceps with ring handles whose long springy arms curve out into a wide oval loop open at the top (Fig. 1). At the top center is an upright wooden cross with pierced straps at its head and right arm, a pierced slat and threads hanging from its left arm, and a long tape through its foot (Fig. 2), and at the top left a cord looped into a figure of eight (Fig. 3). Below are scissors with one broad curved blade (Fig. 4) and two long handled instruments, each with a narrow blade along the handle and a curved spring arm, the second with a large ribbed disc (Fig. 5). At the lower left is a flat strap with a pierced head (Fig. 7). The lower right is a dissection: a sheath of tissue opened lengthwise around a large smooth ovoid body, with fine vessels beneath it and a band encircling a smaller rounded body at the base (Fig. 6).
The plate number "Pl. VI." is lettered at the top right outside the border, the section title "Chirurgie." is centered beneath the border, and the page number "67." is at the lower left. It is signed at the lower right, just below the border, with the conjoined AB monogram followed by "s.", the mark the Venetian engraver Antonio Baratti used on the Livorno plates (his full signature, "Antonio Baratti s.", is lettered on Pl. XII of this section).
The Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert was accompanied by volumes of engraved plates, the Recueil de planches, and this plate comes from their Chirurgie section in the Livorno edition published by Giuseppe Aubert, whose plate volumes appeared between 1771 and 1778.
Condition: Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Handling soiling along the top edge. Scattered light foxing in the margin. Slight wear at the top right corner. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the right. Several larger brown marks.
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.
