COLLECTION NAME:
Selections from the David Rumsey Map Collection II
Record
Short Title:
View: No. 3. Plants and Animal.
Obj Height cm:
17
Object Width cm:
35
Note:
Part of volume 1. Foldout.
Full Title:
(View) No. 3. (Plants and Animal).
List No:
12495.01
Series No:
10
Pub Date:
1777
Pub Title:
Journal dédié a Monsieur, frère du Roi. Table generale des journaux anciens et modernes, contenant les jugemens des journalistes sur les principaux ouvrages en tout genre; suivi d'observations impartiales, & de planches en taille-douce ou on couleur. Par une Société de Gens des Lettres ... A Paris, Chez Demonville ... M. DCC. LXXVI.
Pub Note:
Twelve parts in three volumes. Volume I dated 1776; volumes II-III dated 1777. One of the rarest journals known, and exceptional for its early color-printed plates made by the famous Gautier d'Agoty family. Jean Fabien Gautier d'Agoty (1716-1785) had a keen interest in color printing, based on, as he himself declared, the idea that if it was possible to print textile in different colors, then the same should be true for printing paper. In 1736 he went to Paris and became employed by the then only color-printer, Jacob Christoph Le Blon (1667-1741). After Le Blon's death Gautier took over the royal privilege of color printing and even managed to become regarded as the inventor of color printing itself, although it is obvious that he merely improved the techniques introduced by Le Blon. Perhaps Gautier was the first to introduce four-color printing as it still is most widely used today with three color plates (red, yellow, and blue) and one black plate.
Pub List No:
12495
Pub Maps:
2
Pub Height cm:
18
Pub Width cm:
12
Image No:
12495010.jp2
Publisher:
Gautier d'Agoty, J.F. (Jean Fabien), 1717-1785
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
View
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Date:
1776
Filename:
12495010.jp2
Contributor:
David Rumsey Map Collection
Rights:
Images copyright © 2000 by Cartography Associates. Images may be reproduced or transmitted, but not for commercial use.
View: No. 3. Plants and Animal.
