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[RUBENS] MICHEL, J.F.M.

Histoire de la vie de P.P. Rubens, chevalier, & Seigneur de Steen. Illustrée d'anecdotes, qui n'ont jamais paru au public, & de ses tableaux étalés dans les palais, églises & places publiques de l'Europe : & par la démonstration des estampes existantes &

Bruxelles
A.E. De Bel
1771

€180 - €260

8vo, front.-[10]-366-[7] pp. With a portrait of Rubens as frontispiece, after a self-portrait, and a headpiece with coat of arms of Charles de Lorraine, dedicatee of the book. Uncut in orig. blue paper. First and unique edition of one of the first biographies of Rubens, containing descriptions of his main paintings, the sale catalogue of his workshop in Antwerp in May 1614 and a list of his works in European public and private collections

Ref. Univ. catalogue of books on art, p. 1788. - OPAC KBR (2)

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