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<dd>Signatures: pi A-I K²</dd>
<dd>Colophon: A Paris, de l'imprimerie de Pierre Des-Hayes ..</dd>
<dd>Illustrated with two added engraved title-pages and engraved plates</dd>
<dd>Bound in modern sprinkled calf boards; gilt title on spine; edges sprinkled red; book plate of Theodore Besterman on front pastedown; "Bibliotheca Colbertina" in ink on title-page</dd>
<dd>6 unnumbered pages (the 6th page blank), 75 pages, 1 unnumbered blank page, 16, that is, 18 pages of plates, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : 18 cm (octavo)</dd>
<dd>Title on first, engraved added title page: Manieres [de] graver a leau forte en cuivre</dd>
<dd>Title and statement of responsibility on second engraved added title page: Traicté des manieres de graver en taille douce sur lairin. Par le moyen des eaues fortes et des vernix durs et mols. Ensemble de la façon d'en imprimer les planches, et d'en construire la presse. Par A. Bosse de la ville de Tours, graueur en taille douce</dd>
<dd>Engravings by Abraham Bosse</dd>
<dd>First edition</dd>
<dd>Printer statement from colophon, on page 75</dd>
<dd>Signatures: pi1 2pi² A-I⁴ K² [$1-2 signed ( -B2, K2)]</dd>
<dd>The 18 numbered plates are, in different states, on 11-13 leaves. Two plate numbers -- 5 and 6 -- are each repeated on both sides of a leaf, for a total of 4 plates. Ten other plates are, in most copies, printed on two sides of the same leaf: plates 1-2, plates 9-10, plates 11-12, plates 13-14, and plates 15-16. Each of the remaining 4 numbered plates -- 3, 4, 7, and 8 -- is printed on a separate leaf</dd>
<dd>Unnumbered plates: Two engraved added title pages, one with ornamental border, the other illustrated; the illustrated title page leaf is bound as a frontispiece in some copies. The dedication also begins with an engraving (on preliminary page 3), which is sometimes counted as a 3rd unnumbered plate, in other words, as one of 21 plates in total</dd>
<dd>Two added title pages for individual sections, not illustrated, are included in the regular foliation (unnumbered page 39, leaf E4 recto, and unnumbered page 55, leaf G4 recto)</dd>
<dd>In Tulane University copy: The first engraved added title page is bound as a frontispiece, preceding the main title page, which has been tipped in. The second engraved added title page is bound between unnumbered page 56 and page 57 (between leaves G4 and H1), rather than preceding the beginning of the main text on page 1 (preceding leaf A1) as, for example, the BnF copy as digitized and presented in Gallica and the Getty Research Institute and Duke University copies as digitized in HathiTrust appear to be bound. The 18 numbered plates are on 13 leaves, since plates 9, 10, 11, and 12 (in addition to plates 3, 4, 7, and 8) are each printed on a separate leaf. As bound, plates 3, 4, 7, 8, and 11 appear on the recto of their individual leaves, while plates 9, 10, and 12 appear on the verso of their individual leaves</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Etching; Engraving; Etching -- Technique -- Early works to 1800; Engraving -- Technique -- Early works to 1800; Engraving -- Printing -- Early works to 1800; Engraving -- Early works to 1800; Engraving -- Printing; Engraving -- Technique; Etching -- Technique</div>
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Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676 author, engraver, publisher</div>
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