Creator
Bosse, Abraham.
Title
Traicté des manières de graver en taille douce sur l’airin par le moyen des eaux fortes, & des vernix durs & mols.
Coverage
Paris
Publisher
Abraham Bosse
Date
1645
Description
The first work devoted entirely to the techniques of copper engraving and etching. Abraham Bosse (1602–1676) was a French engraver and painter, noted for his illustrations of French civil life and costume during the reign of Louis XIII. The plates in this volume depict the various tools needed in engraving, as well as how to use and care for them.
Source
Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1890.