JACQUES FABIEN GAUTIER D'AGOTY (MARSEILLE 1716-1785 PARIS)

JACQUES FABIEN GAUTIER D'AGOTY (MARSEILLE 1716-1785 PARIS)
Male and female reproductive organs with a newborn child, 1752
mezzotints printed in colours, on laid paper, watermarks Dovecote with countermarks AUVERGNE (Heawood 1232), very good impressions of these large anatomical studies, Plates VII+IX from: Anatomie générale des viscères, with wide margins, both with a soft horizontal central fold, moisture stains, foxing and minor creases in the margins, some short tears and nicks at the sheet edges
sheet 750 x 510 mm; plate 530 x 345 mm (plate VII)
sheet 765 x 650 mm; plate 510 x 367 mm (plate IX)

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PROVENANCE:
Piasa, Paris, 29.04.04 where acquired; thence by descent