COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Gautier d'Agoty, J.F. (Jean Fabien), 1717-1785
Date:
1776
Short Title:
Southern Atlantic Seaboard.
Publisher:
Gautier d'Agoty, J.F. (Jean Fabien), 1717-1785
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Book Map
Obj Height cm:
17
Obj Width cm:
23
Note:
Part of volume 1. Foldout. This may be one of the earliest color printed maps of North America.
State/Province:
Georgia
State/Province:
North Carolina
State/Province:
South Carolina
Subject:
Physical
Full Title:
(Southern Atlantic Seaboard, (United States))
List No:
12495.009
Page No:
opposite 256
Series No:
9
Publication Author:
Gautier d'Agoty, J.F. (Jean Fabien), 1717-1785
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:
12495.000
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Pub Maps:
2
Pub Height cm:
18
Pub Width cm:
12
Image No:
12495009.jp2
Authors:
Gautier d'Agoty, J.F. (Jean Fabien), 1717-1785
