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Traicté des manières de graver en taille douce sur l'airin. Par le moyen des eaux fortes, & des vernix durs & mols
Author: Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
Illustrated by: Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
Printer: Pierre Des-Hayes (French, 17th century)
Illustrated by: Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
Printer: Pierre Des-Hayes (French, 17th century)
1645
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 19 etchings and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 17.7 x 12 x 1.7 cm (6 15/16 x 4 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR82
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CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Pierre Des-Hayes for the author, 1645
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet I, 1127
Description(Paris: Pierre Des-Hayes for the author, 1645) Quarto; 54 leaves; contemporary vellum, rust cloth box.
Illustrations of tools and methods for preparing etching plates and printing them.
First edition of this influential treatise. In addition to the letterpress title page, there are two additional engraved titles. Join-Lambert and Préaud (see Bibliography) specify further French eds. of 1664, 1701 [two eds., by Emery, and Aubouin and Clousier], 1710, 1745 [Jombert, with added text by Cochin fils], 1758 [also Jombert, augmented with mezzotint, crayon manner, and "celle qui imite le lavis" and construction of "presses modernes"]; English ed. of 1662; Dutch ed. of 1662; German eds. of (Nuremberg) 1652, 1745, 1751, (Dresden) 1765; Portuguese ed. of 1801.
The MFA owns copies of the following editions of Bosse's text, or manuals heavily dependent upon it: London 1662 (BR425), Paris 1701 (KBR81), Nuremberg 1719 (KBR74), Paris 1745 (KBR76), Nuremberg 1745-46 (KBR75), Paris 1758 (KBR77), Madrid 1761 (2002.453), Dresden 1765 (KBR82), London 1770 (BR1353).
Illustrations of tools and methods for preparing etching plates and printing them.
First edition of this influential treatise. In addition to the letterpress title page, there are two additional engraved titles. Join-Lambert and Préaud (see Bibliography) specify further French eds. of 1664, 1701 [two eds., by Emery, and Aubouin and Clousier], 1710, 1745 [Jombert, with added text by Cochin fils], 1758 [also Jombert, augmented with mezzotint, crayon manner, and "celle qui imite le lavis" and construction of "presses modernes"]; English ed. of 1662; Dutch ed. of 1662; German eds. of (Nuremberg) 1652, 1745, 1751, (Dresden) 1765; Portuguese ed. of 1801.
The MFA owns copies of the following editions of Bosse's text, or manuals heavily dependent upon it: London 1662 (BR425), Paris 1701 (KBR81), Nuremberg 1719 (KBR74), Paris 1745 (KBR76), Nuremberg 1745-46 (KBR75), Paris 1758 (KBR77), Madrid 1761 (2002.453), Dresden 1765 (KBR82), London 1770 (BR1353).
ProvenanceBy 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; cf. Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 20, 1898)
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.