[Printmaking] Abraham Bosse (1602-76). Traicté des manieres de graver en taille douce sur l'airin
Paris. A. Bosse, 1645. 1st ed. 75 p. Complete w. a total of 21 full-p. engr. plates, incl. (reinforced) frontisp., dedication leaf, extra engr. title-p. and 18 ills. (2 plates printed in duplicate, as usual). Later vellum w. gilt spine, sm. 8vo.
Library stamp on title-p. Sm. wormholes throughout, mostly not affecting text and plates, browned, a few repairs. The 1st ed. of the 1st manual on intaglio printmaking.