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1745

Abraham Bosse's 1645 rolling press gravure

1745: Chapter opening

Abraham Bosse's 1645 rolling press gravure

1745: Pl 14

Abraham Bosse's 1645 rolling press gravure

1745: Plan 15

Abraham Bosse's 1645 rolling press gravure

1745: Pl. 16

Abraham Bosse's 1645 rolling press gravure

1745: Pl. 17.

Abraham Bosse's 1645 rolling press gravure

1745: Plan 18.

Source:

Title: De La manière de graver a l’eauforte et au burin. Et de la gravûre en manière noire. Avec la façon de consttruire les presses modernes, & d’imprimer en Taille-douce ... Nouvelle édition. Revûe, corrigée & augmentée du double, et enrichie de dix-neuf planches en taille-douce.
Author: Abraham Bosse
Editor: Charles-Nicolas Cochin II
Publisher: -
Printer: Charles-Antoine Jombert
Illustrator: -
Engraver: -
Location: Paris
Year: 1745
Links: [Scan 1], [Scan 2].

Comments:

The engravings for the 1745 and 1773 editions are very similar, but their plate-numbers vary. In the 1745 edition, the numbers of the six shown images are 14 until 18. In the 1773 version, these plates are numbere 16 to 20. The scans of the 1745 edition can be found on: Chapter Opening (page 129), 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18. There are also scans on the Bibliothèque numérique de Lyon on Chapter Opening, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.

Roger Gaskell Catalogue 50 (2014) item 4 states: ‘Eleven of the plates are from the original coppers which Bosse made for the 1645 edition ... The plates of the present work are made up as follows:
- the engraved title, dedication, and plates 1–8 are from the original plates;
- plate 10 is the original plate 9;
- plate 16 is the original plate 14;
- plates 9, 12–15 and 17–19 are new. ... plates 14–15 and 17 are engravings of the up-to date press, replacing Bosse's now out-of-date design;
- plate 18 is a view of the pressman operating the press, signed ‘G. Fessard Sculp’ ... .
- The headpieces are scenes showing pouring acid on the plate; smoking the plate; etching and sharpening tools; and the last shows the rolling press printer’s shop and is a copy of Bosse’s large plate of 1643.

Technique:

Engravings.

Publications

Roger Gaskell (2004) ‘Printing house and engraving shop. A mysterious collaboration.’ Book Collector, 53, pp 213-54.

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