La Vie Des Peintres Flamands, Allemands Et Hollandois, Ave Des Portraits Graves en Taille-Douce, une indication de leurs principaux Ouvrages, & des Reflexions fur leurs differentes manieres & (Voyage Pittoresque De La Flandre Et Du Brabant)
Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1753 & 1759. First Editions. leather_bound. XVI-429-[11], [4]-480-[8], XVI-402-[6], VIII-302-[24]. 21.5 X 14 cm. Title pages printed in red and black. Engraved frontispiece by Lebas and two headpieces by Lemire after Decamps. 168 portraits by Ficquet, Gaillard, Legrand E.A. after Descamps, Eisen and Campion showing I.A. Quinten Metsys, Bernard van Orley, Maarten van Heemskerck, H. Holbein, P. Brueghel, Maarten de Vos, Abraham Bloemaert, A. Van Dyck, Jan Steen, Gérard de Lairesse. The author, a painter "Presents biographies of 80 Flemish, German and Dutch painters from the late 14th century to 1706, The preface outlines the limitations of the author's predecessors, his purpose, and sources. The lives are arranged in chronologically: they include lists of the principal paintings and critical evaluations of those works known by the author." [see: ARNTZEN & RAINWATER. H88]. BRUNET. Vol. 2 part I, p.607. COHEN-de RICCI 287-288. VOYAGE PITTORESQUE: XXII-[2]-328 & [seven pages -- Table Alphabetique, Errata and large fold-out map]. Six full page black and white plates. Bookplates of Roderick Terry. Interior contents fresh and clean. Raised bands, spine panels in gilt motifs, chipping and slight loss to a few panels. Contemporary full tan calf. Teg. Very good. 5 Vols. Item #23667
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