De la maniere de graver a l'eau forte et au burin, et de la gravure en maniere noire : avec la façon de construire les presses modernes, & d'imprimer en taille-douce

Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, Bonnet, Louis Marin, 1736-1793, Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790, Ertinger, Franz, 1640-approximately 1710, Fessard, Etienne, 1714-1777, Soubeyran, Pierre, 1709-1775, Jombert, Charles-Antoine, 1712-1784 · 1758 · A Paris, rue Dauphine : Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert ... · 18 pictures

A 1758 Paris treatise on etching, engraving and mezzotint by Abraham Bosse, revised by Louis Marin Bonnet and Charles Nicolas Cochin, written for working printmakers and engravers. Its plates show the stages of intaglio work, from ground-coated plates and inking to the printing press and the studio of an engraver at his desk.

Etching · Engraving · Mezzotint engraving · Intaglio printing

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