Screw Tourniquet, Syringe and Pipes, Diderot Chirurgie Plate XXXI, circa 1772
€ 240
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-13259-34
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 bottom left and top right corners. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the left and right.
About this sheet
This is an original antique copper engraving, uncolored, with eleven numbered figures. Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are panels showing small rolls and rods tied in place with bows. Fig. 3 is a screw tourniquet: a broad band, pierced with a row of holes at one end, carries a plate with a threaded screw and a winged handle; the screw passes through the band to a round pad on its inner side. Fig. 4 is a large syringe, a ringed barrel with a plunger knob below and a pyramid shaped head on a turned stem above. Fig. 5 is a funnel on a tube, Fig. 6 a straight pipe and Fig. 7 a curved pipe with a pierced tip, and Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 are longer pipes ending in perforated, rose like heads. Fig. 10 shows a leg with a long incision below the knee, held between folded compresses. Fig. 11 is a striped band.
The plate number "Pl. XXXI." is lettered at the top right outside the border, the section title "Chirurgie." below the border, and the page number "94." at the lower left. It is signed at the lower right 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).
This sheet comes from the Recueil de planches of the Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert, in the Livorno edition published by Giuseppe Aubert, whose plate volumes appeared between 1771 and 1778. The Chirurgie plates set out instruments, bandages and apparatus, keyed to an explanation in the text volume.
The clear line work and open layout read well on a wall, alone or hung with other plates from the same section.
Condition: Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Handling soiling along the top edge. Scattered light foxing in the margin. Slight wear at the bottom left and top right corners. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the left and right.
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.
