| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | Abraham Bosse |
| Published | Par A. Bosse Graveur en taille douce, A Paris 1649. but later? |
| Dimensions | Image and Plate 117 x 67 mm, Sheet 283 x 214 mm |
| Notes |
Title page for Abraham Bosse's La Pratique du Trait a preuves de Mr. Desargues our la coupe des pierres en L'architecture. A bare chested woman stands in an architectural setting holding a piece of paper inscribed with La Pratique du Trait a preuves de M. Desargues our la coupe des pierres en L'architecture, measuring instruments at her feet. With the number 64 inscribed in the upper right of the image. A plate from Charles Antoine Jombert's drawing book Nouvelle Méthode Pour Apprendre A Dessiner Sans Maître. Abraham Bosse (1604-1676) French printmaker and painter born in Tours and a member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture and a student of the surveyor Girard Desargues, founder of projective geometry. Blum 206, Duplessis 356, Lothe 438 |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £50.00 |
| Stock ID | 36675 |