Abraham Bosse (1602 or 1604-1676 )The Printer. (This figure shows you how intaglio plates are printed). 1642. Etching. 330 x 260. Duplessis 1388. Beautiful proof on thin laid paper, trimmed on the plate cut but complete with the tablet, the lines of the lettering still very visible (indication of one of the first proofs printed). The upper left corner formerly redone with a pen. Two thin vertical tears of 4 cm at the head carefully restored on the reverse, invisible on the front. Long vertical thread-like rubbing trace across the press mount. Heavy freckling at left on one of the left table posts. Minor thinning in the corners on the verso.