These Abraham Bosse (1602-1676) etchings depicting his printmaking studio in Paris are being shown at BAM because, although they are not maps, they are beautiful illustrations of the printmaking techniques utilized in the 16th to the 18th centuries to create works on paper, whether they were artistic or cartographic creations.
Bosse was one of the leading French printmakers of the 17th century. He was also an author and teacher who wrote a famous treatise on printmaking techniques.
“Les Imprimeurs en taille-douce” (The Intaglio Printers)
This Bosse etching was published in 1642. It demonstrates the process of transferring the image or map from the copper plate, which was created by an etcher or an engraver, as in the 1st print, to paper. The Richard & Leslie Breiman Collection.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/348296
https://art.famsf.org/abraham-bosse/intaglio-printers-l1966Richard Breiman to present to Bay Area Map Group, part of California Map Society, on July 25, 2020.