Title: Mandragores artificielles, nues, et vestues (Artificial Mandrakes, Naked, and Clothed).
Dimensions: Approx. Image 11 1/2" x 7 5/8". Sheet 15 1/8" x 9 1/2".
Edition: Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757. Dictionnaire historique, critique, chronologique, géographique et littéral de la Bible, enrichi d'un grand nombre de figures en taille-douce, qui représentent les antiquitez judaïques. Par le Reverend Pere Dom Augustin Calmet,... Paris, V. I-IV, 1722-1728. [Many Illustrations were drawn by J. B. Martin, engraved by Ph. Simonneau, J. Lebas, J. B. Scotin, P. Starckman, and De Beren (University of Leeds)].
Date: 1722.
Materials and Techniques: copper-plate engravings on laid paper.
Watermark: yes.
Mat and Frame: no.
Condition: The right edge is unevenly cut. Foxings, tears, stains, waviness. The reverse is blank. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Calmet, Augustin, 1672-1757. Dictionnaire historique,... Tome II. Paris, 1722.
Museums and Libraries: Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon. 20367.
Note: Book of Genesis 30:14–16.
The shape of the roots of the mandrake often resembles human figures associated with magic rituals.