Arnaud-Eloi Gautier-Dagoty (1741-1783) and Louis-Charles Gautier-Dagoty (1746-after 1787) Booklet of six ribbon knots. 1770. Etching and roulette after Pillement. Each 160-165 x 240. Singer (art. "Der Vierfarbendruck...") 22-27. Two tone printing (black and sanguine). Complete suite of 6 pl. Very nice proofs on laid paper, carefully washed. Slight traces of folds in the title. Good margins. According to Singer, this suite is the counterpart of a suite of Ideal Flowers. He attributes most of them to Arnaud-Eloi, although two are signed with the name of his brother Louis-Charles (Hans W. Singer, "Der Vierfarbendruck in der Gefolgschaft Jacob Christoffel Le Blons...", Monatshefte für Kunstwissenschaft, vol. 10, no. 8/9, 1917, p. 303).

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