6 original copperplate engravings showing surgical equiptment from a very early edition of The Encycopedia Britannica.
Date: 1797.
Engraved by A. Bell (1726-1809)
Black and white.
Size: 26.5 x 20.5 cms or 10 1/2 x 8 inches.
Condition: Very Good. There a few spots of light foxing across the surface of the plates. Also other dark smudges that might be ink. The left hand edge of each, at the point where the plate has been removed form the encyclopedia, has browned. Two corners are slightly creased. They are otherwise clean and remarkably fresh.
