GAUTIER d'AGOTY, Jacques (engraver 1717-1786) & Joseph Guichard DUVERNEY (1648-1730). Anatomie de la Tête, Paris: Gautier, Duverney & Quillau, 1748, 2°, title printed in red and black, 8 text leaves only (lacking dedication, advertisement and privilege leaves), 8 mezzotint plates printed in four colours, varnish finish (small neat repair to verso of first plate), recent "old style" vellum-backed boards. [Blake p. 169; Choulant/Frank p. 271; Wellcome II, p. 97] Provenance: JCL

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GAUTIER d'AGOTY, Jacques (engraver 1717-1786) & Joseph Guichard DUVERNEY (1648-1730). Anatomie de la Tête, Paris: Gautier, Duverney & Quillau, 1748, 2°, title printed in red and black, 8 text leaves only (lacking dedication, advertisement and privilege leaves), 8 mezzotint plates printed in four colours, varnish finish (small neat repair to verso of first plate), recent "old style" vellum-backed boards. [Blake p. 169; Choulant/Frank p. 271; Wellcome II, p. 97] Provenance: JCL

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A good, unstamped copy of this EXTREMELY RARE work. D'Agoty was the first person to print anatomical prints in colour on a large scale and this work includes some of his most elaborate prints. The startling detail of the intricate network of blood vessels indicates the superiority of this method of printing.
D'Agoty was a pupil of Le Blond and improved on his technique by using a fourth, black, plate.

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