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De la maniere de graver à l'eau forte et au burin. Et de la gravûre en maniere noire.

Author: Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
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)
After: Abraham Bosse (French, 1604–1676)
After: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Author: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Publisher: Charles Antoine Jombert (French, 1712–1784)
French
1745
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 25 etchings and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 13.4 x 3.1 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR76
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ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1745

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 177
Description(Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1745) Octavo; 111 leaves, plus 20 plates; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf (rebacked; tan cloth slipcase).

Illustrations of tools and methods for preparing etching plates and printing them; vignettes showing scenes in printing studios.

Later, much enlarged edition of Bosse's influential treatise first published in 1645 (MFA copy: KBR82), with textual additions by Charles-Nicolas Cochin. This edition contains four headpieces illustrating scenes in printmaking studios, engraved by Fessard and Soubeyran after Cochin and Bosse. See entry for KBR82 for other editions of Bosse's manual and ones closely derived from it.
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.