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De la manière de graver à l'eau forte et au burin, et de la gravure en manière noire.... Nouvelle édition

Etched by: Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
Engraved by: Franz Ertinger (German (active in France), 1640–about 1710)
Engraved by: Etienne Fessard (French, 1714–1777)
Engraved by: Pierre Soubeyran (French, 1709–1775)
Engraved by: Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736–1793)
After: Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
After: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Author: Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
Author: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Publisher: Charles Antoine Jombert (French, 1712–1784)
1758
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 27 etchings and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 20.2 x 13.4 x 3 cm (7 15/16 x 5 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR77
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1758

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 177
Description(Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1758) Octavo; 120 leaves, plus 22 plates (some folding); contemporary mottled brown calf (rebacked; in beige cloth slipcase).

Technical illustrations of process of engraving and etching copperplates and methods of printing them, including diagrams of printing presses; vignettes of scenes inside printmaking studios
ProvenanceOswald Weigel, Leipzig bookseller (stamp); Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston (1837-1900, first curator of prints at MFA), by whom given to MFA, October 20, 1898.