270 - Bosse, Abraham. *Traité des manières de dessiner les ordres de l'architecture antique en toutes leurs parties*. Paris: Aubouin, Emery, and Clousier. Bound together with *Des ordres de colonnes en l'architecture*. Bound together with *Representations géométriques de plusieurs parties de bâtiments*. Paris, 1688. A rare work and one of the most significant expressions of the French Baroque

Bosse, Abraham. *Traité des manières de dessiner les ordres de l'architecture antique en toutes leurs parties*. Paris: Aubouin, Emery, and Clousier. Bound together with *Des ordres de colonnes en l'architecture*. Bound together with *Representations géométriques de plusieurs parties de bâtiments*. Paris, 1688. A rare work and one of the most significant expressions of the French Baroque Bosse, Abraham. *Traité des manières de dessiner les ordres de l’architecture antique en toutes leurs parties*. Paris, Aubouin, Emery, and Clousier. Bound with *Des ordres de colonnes en l’architecture*. Bound with *Representations geometrales de plusieurs parties de bastiments*. Paris, 1688. 3 parts in one folio volume (382 x 240 mm). Four chalcographic title pages, a plate with the royal coat of arms of France, 9 plates with calligraphic text, 80 full-page copperplate engravings, 1 double-page plate (a few small spots, slight discoloration, some plates poorly bound.) Modern binding in hazelnut-colored half-leather, 6-rib spine, embossed decoration, and a burgundy label for the title. The author, one of the leading French engravers of the 17th century, popularized the geometric and perspectival theories of Girard Desargues, contributing to the spread of the principles of perspective in France. A rare work among the most significant expressions of the French Baroque