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HOUBRAKEN, Arnold

De Groote Schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen ... vervolg op het schilderboek van K.v. Mander
Amsterdam
voor den autheur
1718-1721
€180 - €260

3 vol. in- 8vo, [12],381,[9]; [4], 361,[7]; [4], 408, [7] pp, engr. front., with 46 (of 49) full-page pl. engraved by Jacob Houbraken, Arnold's son (1698-1780) and some by Dirk Jonkman: front., engr. dedication (2nd vol.), author's and 44 pl., mostly portraits of artists; and 7 small engr. (2 title-vign., coat of arms of the dedicatee J. van Schuilenburch and 4 ill. in-text), with ms index at the end of vol 3, very nice cont. full blindstamped calf bindings

First edition of this collection of biographies of some 550 Dutch and Flemish artists from 1466 to 1659 intended to be a sequel to the ""Schilder-Boek"" of Van Mander. Ref. Kunst op Schrift 171/177/196

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