FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, Barthélemy.

Mémoire sur des Bois de Cerfs Fossiles, Trouvés en creusant un Puits, dans les environs de Montélimar en Dauphiné, à 14 pieds 2 pouces de profondeur, le 28 du mois d'Août dernier (1775).

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Four finely color-printed vignettes & one color-printed plate. viii, 24 pp. Large 4to, cont. mottled calf, triple gilt fillet round sides, spine nicely gilt, green morocco lettering piece on spine. Grenoble: J. Cuchet, 1776. First edition of Faujas de Saint-Fond's first book, beautifully illustrated by Gautier d'Agoty fils with four finely colored vignettes and one full-page plate. This is an extremely rare book and the first copy I have handled. The book is concerned with fossilized deer antlers found in wells near Montélimar. Three of the colored vignettes depict butterflies. The fourth vignette depicts a mineral specimen and fully exploits the engraving and coloring technique of the Gautier d'Agoty family. The full-page plate is a magnificent colored depiction of various fossilized deer horns and again the engraving and coloring techniques of Gautier d'Agoty are beautifully realized. Fine copy. Bookplate of Eugène Chaper (1827-90), son of Achille Chaper who was director of mines at La Mure. The father formed a great collection of books concerning the Dauphiné and Stendhal in his castle at Eybens near Grenoble. D.S.B., IV, pp. 548-49. N.B.G., Vol. 17, cols. 168-72.

• USD 12,500.00 > otras divisas
• nº de pedido: HillBibl-29

• librero: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (USA)