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<dl><dd>Printed by Antoine Cellier; see colophon</dd>
<dd>Signatures: ã⁴ ẽ⁴ A-R⁴ S²</dd>
<dd>Errata, ẽ2v</dd>
<dd>Added t.p., first page of dedication, and title of plate section are engraved. 6 and 7 repeated in numbering plates. Overlays on plate 50. Plate 67 double page, verso of 2nd leaf blank</dd>
<dd>Engraved first page of dedication printed on ã2r in Getty c. 2, the dedication continuing in letterpress on ã2v. However in c. 1 it is printed on a separate leaf and tipped in, ã2r being blank</dd>
<dd>Getty c. 1 lacks overlays on plate 50</dd>
<dd>In margins of Getty c. 1 are 27 small drawings in pen and brown ink, mostly of insects and floral forms, 2 views of rural buildings</dd>
<dd>Binding, c. 1: old calfskin, rebacked, traces of gilt tooling on spine and edges of boards, page edges red &amp; brown. Now in red clamshell box. Bookseller's label of Bachelier, Paris</dd>
<dd>Binding, c. 2: vellum, title &amp; author written at head of spine</dd>
<dd>Calligraphic signature in brown ink of Charpantier on t.p. of c. 1, Theodore Besterman's label on front pastedown, signed P.S. Ulrich Middeldorf's printed label on front pastedown of c. 2</dd>
<dd>[16], 140 pages, 67 [i.e. 69] pages of plates (1 on folded leaf) : 18 cm (8vo)</dd>
<dd>Colophon: A Paris : De l'imprimerie d'Antoine Cellier ..., 1665</dd>
<dd>Includes engraved 1st page of dedication and engraved special t.p. for the plates on recto of plate 1</dd>
<dd>Signatures: a⁴ e⁴ A-R⁴ S²</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Perspective; Mechanical drawing; Perspective -- Early works to 1800; Geometry -- Early works to 1800; Perspective -- Ouvrages avant 1800; Géométrie -- Ouvrages avant 1800; Geometry</div>
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Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676</div>
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