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[Painting - Drawing] BOSSE, Abraham Manière universelle de Mr Desargues, pour pratiquer la perspective par petit-pied, comme le géométral. Ensemble les places et proportions des fortes & foibles touches, teintes ou couleurs [...]. Paris, Pierre Des-Hayes, 3 pts in 1 vol., 8vo: front.-[16]-1/pp., [169]/col., 169/176-193/342-[pp. (occ. foxing and some sm. stains mostly marginal). Contemp. overlapping vellum, ms. shelf mark on upper board, title on spine, red spr. edges (spine torn with some missing). Inside very fresh, large margins copy. First edition of this pedagogical treatise, inspired by the founder of perspective geometry Girard Desargues (1591-and intended to gradually learn the subtleties of perspective through the support of mathematics. The first part also contains some pages on shadows and shading, the second part is devoted to the perspective of irregular surfaces, and the third part to Desargues' treatise on perspective (first ed.: as well as to supplements that he probably wrote. Illustration complete with engravings: allegorical front., portrait of Michel Larcher and engr. dedication (full page) with his arms, title-front. dated technical plates printed mostly on both sides on ff. (numb. 1-pl. and printed twice + engr. "Demonstration" for pl. 156). Réf. Fowler - Berlin Kat. - Cicognara Prov. Werry (ms. mention).