[Artists' manuals. Engraving] A. Bosse. Tractaet in wat manieren men op root koper

snijden ofte etzen zal: door de middel der stercke-wateren, ende harde- en zachte- vernissen, ofte gronde: als mede de manieren der zelve plaeten te drucken, de pars te maecken, ende andere dinghen, behelzende de zelve konsten. In 't Nederduyts overgezet door P.H. Amst., J. v. Meurs, 1662. (20),56,(2),57-82,(2),83-122,(8) p. sm. 8vo. W. engr. frontisp. and 16 plates, contemp. vellum, former owner's entry in red pencil on 1st free endpaper. Occas. sm. stains, lower pastedown detached from back cover. Otherwise a very fine copy.

The 1st Dutch ed. of this treatise on engraving by the French engraver Abraham Bosse (1602-1676). The 1st French ed., the Traicté des manières de graver en taille douce, was publ. in 1645.