RUBENS, P.P.

First edition of this translation of Rubens' unpublished manuscript 'Super Figura Humana Discursus Cabbalisticus', left in the artist's studio following his death in 1640. Jombert's version, long thought to be misleading due to its inaccurate editing and incorporation of images taken from Leonardo, has recently been re-examined and vindicated as an important and unjustly overlooked source for the aesthetic and philosophical opinions of the artist. See: Nadeije Laneyrie-Dagen, editor, Theorie de la Figure Humaine, Pierre Paul Rubens, Planches gravées par Pierre Aveline d'après Rubens, Paris, 2003; Brunet, IV 144; Cicognara 353; Cohen-De Ricci 915-16.