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GAUTIER D'AGOTY, Jacques-Fabien (1716-1785)

Lot 18
29.10.2024 14:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 18 | GAUTIER D'AGOTY, Jacques-Fabien (1716-1785)
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GAUTIER D'AGOTY, Jacques-Fabien (1716-1785)
Observations sur l'histoire naturelle, sur la physique et sur la peinture. Avec des planches imprimées en couleur... Paris : Delaguette, 1752.

Édition originale de la première année, complète des 3 parties, de ce rare périodique consacré aux sciences et aux arts, le premier illustré de planches en couleurs.
Exemplaire en reliure de l'époque.

Aux origines de la gravure en couleurs. Les spectaculaires illustrations de Gautier d'Agoty présentent des sujets médicaux (dissections), botaniques ou ornithologiques et une belle planche dépliante illustrant le spectre de Newton et les expériences de Descartes sur l'optique. Jacques-Fabien Gautier d'Agoty s'est basé sur la trichromie de Le Blon, dont il a été brièvement l'élève, qu'il améliore en ajoutant notamment une quatrième planche pour le noir ou le bistre. La publication, reprise par Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier d'Agoty, se prolongera jusqu'en 1757. Bel exemplaire dans sa condition de l'époque.
Brunet, II, col. 1597 ; Cohen - de Ricci, p. 427 ; Nissen, ZBI, 1487

3 parties en un volume in-4 (253 x 196 mm), à pagination continue. Édition originale. 1 titre pour chaque partie, 11 planches imprimées en couleurs (dont une dépliante) et 3 diagrammes dépliants. Reliure de l'époque : veau marbré, dos à caissons ornés et pièces de titre de maroquin rouge, gardes de papier marbrén, filets dorés sur les coupes, tranches rouges (quelques griffures aux plats, usures aux charnières).

First edition of the first year of this publication, this copy complete of its 3 parts : a scarce periodical on arts and science, the first published to be illustrated with colour engravings. 14 original etchings, including 11 in colours by Gautier d'Agoty. Contemporary binding.
Artist:Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty (1711 - 1786)
Place of origin:France
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