Screw Tourniquets and Eye Studies, Diderot Chirurgie Plate XXII, 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-13259-25
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
A deeper irregularity along the left edge. 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.
About this sheet
An original antique copper engraving, uncolored, from the Chirurgie plates of the Encyclopédie. Fig. 1 is a slender knife with a narrow, curved, pointed blade. Figs. 2 and 3 are two screw tourniquets, each a long pierced strap with a shaped pad and a plate pressed down by a threaded screw, the first turned by a winged head and the second by a ring. Fig. 5 shows a tube laid in a groove cut in a flat block, with a rounded swelling hanging below it and a ligature tied in a bow on either side. Fig. 4 shows two eyes, lettered a and b: in a, a curved needle and a long thread are passed through a fleshy growth spreading from the corner of the eye toward the pupil; in b, the growth is tied with the thread and the loose ends trail away.
The plate number is lettered "Pl. XXII." at the top right, the section "Chirurgie." is lettered below the border, and the page number "85." stands 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).
The Encyclopédie edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert was accompanied by volumes of engraved plates, the Recueil de planches. This plate belongs to the Chirurgie section of the Livorno edition published by Giuseppe Aubert, whose plate volumes appeared between 1771 and 1778. The Chirurgie plates set out surgical instruments, bandages and apparatus and show operations, with the figures numbered and keyed to an explanation printed in the text volume.
The plate mark is visible around the image.
Condition: A deeper irregularity along the left edge. 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.
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.
