- Endpapers w. some offsetting; 2 lvs. in vol. 6 loose. Spines sl. chafed. A good/ fine set.
= Rare works on the archaeological site Herculaneum, first discovered in 1709.
- Owner's blindst. on title-p.; occas. trifle foxed. Bindings sl. chafed; one letterpiece discoloured.
= Copy illlustrated with an (incomplete) extra suite of plates. Cohen/ De Ricci p.97 (46 plates): "Les estampes, faites exprès pour cette édition, sont fort belles; dans certain exemplaires on a aussi placé le suite des 46 figures de l'édition italienne de Baskerville (...)".
- (Sl.) foxed throughout.
- Endpapers partly browned. Bindings scratched; spines worn; corners showing.
= Quérard III, p.85 (on the ed. 1706): "C'est le plus connu et le plus estimé des ouvrages de Felibien".
- Spine worn. Otherwise fine. = From the library of Van Rynberk (bookplate on upper pastedown).
- Frontwr., htitle and title-p. waterst. Backstrip worn. = Kunst op Schrift 1211.
- Occas. (sl.) foxed. Corners and spine-ends sl. rubbed.
= Arntzen/ Rainwater H96: "Biographical accounts of Netherlandish painters, a continuation of Houbraken." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
= From the library of Van Rynberk (bookplate on upper pastedown and vague owner's stamp on title-p.).
BOUND WITH: De schrijfkunst voorgesteld in doelmatige grondbeginselen en bijzonder ingericht voor het Nederlandsche Schrift. Ibid., idem, 1838, (8),55,(1)p. Goeree, W. d'Algemeene Bouwkunde, Volgens d'Antyke en Hedendaagse Manier (...). Amst., W. Goeree, 1681, (14),213p., engr. title-vignette, dedic. vignette, contemp. calf w. gilt spine.
- Lacks frontisp.; index pages sl. foxed. = Kunst op Schrift 99.
AND 2 odd vols.
- Endpaper trifle browned; last free endpaper folded. Nevertheless a fine copy.
= Arntzen/ Rainwater H63; Kunst op schrift 23. The first and only edition of this handbook for artists by one of Rembrandt's pupils. Five plates devoted to the human proportions, the other nine representing the classical muses and the 4 remarkable textills. illustrating the way light falls and shadows are cast. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVII.
- Title-page vol. 2 loose; apart of occas. minor foxing all contents fine. All bindings worn/ dam.; vol.2 and 3 frontcover w. first endpapers loose(ning).
= Chamberlin 2008: "As valuable for the 17th century in the Low Countries as Van Mander is for the 16th"; Arntzen/ Rainwater H97: "Important source". All engravings (incl. frontisp., vignette and portrait) in first part printed in red, in the last 2 parts in black.
- Scattered erasable pencil marks in blank margins; occas. sl. foxed. Bindings a few rubbed spots on covers and corners trifle rubbed. Good/ fine copy.
= Chamberlin 2008: "As valuable for the 17th cent. in the Low Countries as Van Mander is for the 16th"; Arntzen/ Rainwater H97: "Important source"; Kunst op schrift 422-424.
- Without the 2nd vol.; upper hinge (nearly) broken; first quire loose(ning). Vellum sl. stained.
= Kunst op schrift 342/ 343; Arntzen/ Rainwater H100; Kat. Orn. Berl. 4626; Timmers, Lairesse p.49ff.
- Fold. plate in second work w. closed tear in inner margin. = Rare.
- Both vols. w. owner's entry; new endpapers. Both vols. chafed/ corners showing; spines worn/ dam.
= Kunst op schrift 586; Arntzen/ Rainwater H69 (eds. 1604 and 1618); Chamberlin 2018; Bibl. Belg. M105; Van Someren I,212.
- Fine set.
= Kunst op schrift 586; Arntzen/ Rainwater H69 (eds. 1604 and 1618); Chamberlin 2018; Bibl. Belg. M105; Van Someren I,212.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; contemp. owner's entry on first blank and children's rhyme on verso htitle. few plates sl. dustsoiled along margins. Binding worn along extremities; spine dam.
= Bierens de Haan 3759 (1st ed., 1789); cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin 4740.
- Sm. waterstained in upper outer blank corner; owner's stamp on first free endpaper; old owner's entry ("J.S. Duijer") on verso first free endpaper. Both covers red stain in upper margin. Otherwise fine.
= Kunst op Schrift 217. Dutch translation of De Piles' Abrégé des Vies des Peintres (Paris, 1699).
BOUND WITH: Fresnoy, C.A. du. De schilderkonst, Eerst in Latynze Vaerzen Beschreven: In 't Frans gebragt, En met Aantekeningen verrykt Door den Heer De Piles. Nevens een Zaamenspraak over het Koloriet. Dutch transl. J. Verhoek. Ibid., idem, 1722, 2 parts, (42),173,(21); 30,62p., engr. frontisp., 1 plate.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; sm. crossed-out owner's entry on first free endpaper. Binding trifle rubbed along margins, otherwise an attractive copy.
= Kunst op schrift 1100.
- Lacks 3 of the 4 "Onderwijsplaatjens" (containing the smaller educational illustrations of proportions and examples of i.a. faces and limbs). Wrappers duststained and both wr. restored in outer margin.
= Rare artist's manual. Not in Kunst op Schrift. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXI.