Gautier d'Agoty, Fabien (1781)
Histoire | Naturelle | Ou | Exposition Générale | De Toutes Ses Parties | Gravées Et Imprimées En Couleurs Naturelles; | Avec Des Notes Historiques. | Par M. Fabien Gautier D’Agoty, 5e fils. | [double rule] | I.re Partie, Règne Minéral. | [double rule] | [ornament] | A Paris, | De L’Imprimerie De Monsieur, | sous la direction de P.Fr. Didot jeune, quai des augustins. | [rule] | M.DCC.LXXXI.
Collation: 4°: a4 A-B4 C-G2 L2 I-K2 2L2 M-N2 2I2 2K2 3L2 2M2 2N2 O-Z2; [3] iv-vij [1] [1] 2-119 [1] p., 61 plates (plate XX appears twice, in colored and uncolored states).
the present copy is incomplete: a4 A-B4 C-G2 L2; [3] iv-vij [1] [1] 2-40, 21 plates
Plates: plates numbered "I" to "LX" (the British Library Catalog lists a copy with 70 plates but with no extra text for the last 10 plates)
the present copy has 20 color printed plates (as well as an uncolored version of plate XX)
Page size: 240 x 287 mm
Binding: modern full leather with 2 dark brown morocco lettering-pieces on spine
Provenance: ex libris "J-P. Chenet" [Jean-Pierre Chenet (1940-1987)]
Other editions: none
References: Schuh 1827; more information in our archive
Collection: private collection
