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The art of graueing, and etching, wherein is exprest the true way of graueing in copper. Allso the manner & method of that famous Callot, & Mr. Bosse, in their seuerall ways of etching

Faithorne, William, 1616-1691 · 1662 · [London] Published by Willm. Faithorne. And sold at his shop next to ye Signe of ye. Drake, without Temple Barr · 13 pictures

A practical manual of copperplate engraving and etching written and published by William Faithorne in London in 1662, adapting the methods of Jacques Callot and Abraham Bosse for English printmakers and apprentices. The engraved plates show hands in ruffled cuffs holding burins, needles and etching tools, plus labelled diagrams of grounds, plates, presses and wax-walled trays useful as technical-process figures.

Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635 · Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676 · Engraving · Etching

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