1743 Antique Medical Print of Surgery Copperplate Engraving oh Human Anatomy


1743 Antique Medical Print of Surgery Copperplate Engraving oh Human Anatomy

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1743 Antique Medical Print of Surgery Copperplate Engraving oh Human Anatomy:
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The print is a copperplate engraving printed on laid paper in 1743.

The image is titled : \"Seconde coupe latérale de l\'hypogastre, qui représente l\'incision de la vessie.\"

The print is a folding plate from \"Mémoires de l\'Académie royale de chirurgie. Tome premier,\" publishedin Paris by Delaguette in 1743.

The sheet measures 13 X 9 1/2 inches and is in poor condition due to a 5\" loss in the upper left (repaired / replaced with archivalbook-binders backing tissue paper); numerous creases, folds & bends; a small loss in the center of the lower edge; stains; soiling; small holes in the upper center portion; small tears; age toning; and a tape stain across the lower edge.

There is nothing printed on the reverse side.

The cropped scan is greatly enlarged to show detail.

This is an antique print guaranteed to be over 250 years old. It is not a later re-print.

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Laid paper is distinguished from wove paper by the presence of thin, parallel lines visible when the paper is held to light. The lines are usually a few millimeters apart. Laid paper is a type of paper having a ribbed texture imparted by the manufacturing process. It use was diminished by the 1790\'s by the introduction of wove paper (which eliminated the ribbed lines for a smoother printing surface.)

A copperplate engraving is an intaglio process, i.e. it is the grooves, rather than the raised portions that are inked. The steps are: 1.) A drawing is cut into a copper plate using a burin, a metal tool with a sharp point, to remove the metal and create the lines of the drawing. 2.) Ink is applied to the plate with a dabber or roller, and forced into the grooves. 3.) The surface is cleaned with soft muslin. 4.) A sheet of paper is laid over the plate. 5.) The plate and paper are passed through a rolling press that applies pressure and forces the paper into the grooves to pick up the ink. Prints made with copperplate engraving process usually have a plate-mark left around the image, showing where the plate was pressed into the paper. Steel engraving replaced copperplate engraving in the early 1820\'s.


1743 Antique Medical Print of Surgery Copperplate Engraving oh Human Anatomy:
$14.99

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