Straps, Bars and Buckles, Diderot Chirurgie Supplement Plate 6, circa 1778
€ 220
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-13259-45
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. Marked handling soiling along the bottom, right and top edges. Foxing over much of the margin. Slight wear at the bottom left and top right corners.
About this sheet
An original antique copper engraving, uncolored, with eight numbered figures of straps. Each is a long band of soft cloth, drawn with its folds and twists, joined to a stiff flat bar. In Fig. 1 the bar is held at each end by a small plate fixed with two screws, and the strap finishes in an open buckle, T. Fig. 2 is a single strap passing over a narrow bar, Figs. 4 and 5 show a pair of bars side by side between two loose ends of cloth, and Fig. 6 joins two such bars into an open rectangle with four free tails, E to H, two of them slit. Fig. 7 is a long strap with a broad bar fixed by screwed plates at G H and I K, ending in a buckle with its tongue, F. Fig. 3 is a strap end with two small tabs and laced cords, and Fig. 8 a strap with a stiff middle section that divides into two tails, C and D, each finished with small hooks.
The plate number "Suppl. Pl. 6." is lettered at the top right, the section "Chirurgie." below the border, and the page number "149." at the lower left. 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 flowing cloth bands give the plate a soft, sculptural quality that frames well in a pair with another sheet from the series.
Condition: Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Marked handling soiling along the bottom, right and top edges. Foxing over much of 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.
