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With etching by Rembrandt View picture(s) 21 HERCKMANS, Elias. Der Zee-vaert lof, handelende van de gedenck-waerdigste zee-vaerden met de daeraenklevende op en onder-ganghen der voornaemste heerschappijen der gantscher wereld: zedert haere beginselen tot op den dagh van huyden. In VI boecken beschreven. Amsterdam, Jacob Pietersz. Wachter, 1634. Folio. Contemporary vellum. With richly engraved allegorical title, and 18 large etchings in text, including an original etching by Rembrandt: an allegorical scene of the "Ship of Fortune", the others by W. Basse. [20], 236, [8] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Cartography  East Indies  Literature  Rembrandt  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of a classic manual on the art of painting View picture(s) 22 HOOGSTRAETEN, Samuel van. Inleyding tot de hooge schoole der schilderkonst: anders de zichtbaere werelt. Verdeelt in negen leerwinkels, yder bestiert door eene der zanggodinnen. Ten hoogsten noodzakelijk, tot onderwijs, voor alle die deeze edele, vrye, en hooge Konst oeffenen, of met yver zoeken te leeren, of anders eenigzins beminnen. Rotterdam, F. van Hoogstraeten, 1678. 4to. Modern green morocco, spine gilt in six compartments with gilt title and date. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, portrait of the author by J. Oudaan, 9 richly engraved separate frontispieces of the nine muses heading each part, 4 fine engraved anatomical plates, 2 folding, and 4 engravings on the play of light and shadows in text, all designed and engraved by the author. (12), 361, (7) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Drawing & Painting  Rembrandt  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Houbraken & Van Gool uniformly bound and elaborately annotated by Francois-Jean-Joseph Mols View picture(s) 23 HOUBRAKEN, Arnold. De groote schouburgh der konstschilders en schilderessen. The Hague, Swart, Bouquet & Gaillard, 1753. 3 parts in 7 volumes. 4to. Contemporary half vellum, boards covered with marbled paper, spines lettered in ink. Titles printed in red and black; 49 engravings (ca. 150 x 100 mm, one 160 x 137, another 159 x 130 mm), mostly by Jacob Houbraken, but some by W. Jongman (2) and Arnold Houbraken himself (one signed, but probably some more), some engravings in the text. Part 1 (vol.1-2): (8), 381, (5); part 2 (vol. 3-4): (2), 361, (7); part 3 (vol. 5-6): (2), 408, (10) Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Dutch  History  Portraits  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Richly illustrated study on Dutch 17th century painting and painters View picture(s) 24 HOUBRAKEN, Arnold. De Groote Schouburgh der Nederlantsche Konstschilders en Schilderessen. Waar van 'er veele met hunne Beeltenissen ten Tooneel verschynen, en hun Levensgedrag en Konstwerken beschreven worden: zynde een vervolg op het Schilderboek van K. van Mander. Den Tweeden Druk. Van veele Drukfouten gezuivert en met Nieuwe Registers voorzien. 's-Grav., J. Swart, C. Boucquet, M. Gaillard, 1753. 3 vols. Contemp. marbled calf, spines ribbed and richly gilt, with red title-labels, red painted edges. With engraved allegorical frontispiece, several engravings in text, and 48 full-page engraved plates, showing 107 portraits of artists and including the author's own portrait, mostly engraved by J. Houbraken en D. Jongman, but including some by the author. Tog. ca. 1000 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Biography  Drawing & Painting  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Art Nouveau birds View picture(s) 25 HOYTEMA, Theo van. Vogelvreugd. Een Prenteboek voor de Lieve Jeugd. Ontworpen  en op Steen gebracht. Amsterdam, Tresling & Co., (1904). 4to. Original cloth, with spine of blue cloth and covers of grey cloth with a beautiful lithographed design of a stork above the title and publisher's address printed in blue on front cover. With 36 full-page colour-printed lithographed plates of all kinds of birds and beautiful scenes of bird life. (18) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Children's Books  Lithographs  Picture Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Splendid ceremonies at the Württemberg court at Stuttgart View picture(s) 26 HULSEN, Esaias von. Aigentliche Wahrhaffte Delineatio(n) unnd Abbildung aller Fürstlichen Auffzüg und Rütterspilen. Bey deß ... Herren Johann Friderichen Herzogen zu Württemberg, und Teck, Graven zu Montpelgart Herren zu Haydenheim, etz ... jungen Printzen und Sohns Herzog Ulrichen wohlangestellterr Fürstlichen Kindtauff und dann bey ... Iro F. G. geliebten Herren Bruoders desz ... Fürsten und Herren, Herren Lüdwigen Friderichen Hertzogen zu Württemberg. etc: Mit der ... Furstin und Fräwlin Fraw Magdalena Elisabetha Landtgräffin ausz Hessen etc: Fürstlichem Beylager und Hochzeytlichem Frewdenfest celebriret und gehalten, in ... Stuetgartt. den 13. 14. 15. 16. unnd 17. Juij anno 1617. (Stuttgart), Esaias von Hulsen, (1618). Oblong 4to. Beautifully bound in contemporary blindstamped pigskin, remnants of ties. Engraved allegorical title and 91 (out of 92: plate 51 is missing) numbered engraved plates, one of which is folding, 78 depicting people in costumes, dressed horses, floats, musicians etc. all taking part in different festivities like a ballet, fireworks and and other plays, and 13 engraved titles announcing the different spectacles, the texts of these titles are printed separately and pasted down, and are not part of the original engravings. As usual, plates 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 have engraved slips of paper pasted down on them with engraved large hearts ornamented with ears and eyes; to see the original engravings the slips of paper have to be lifted. Some of the engravings had been already used for Van Hulsen's 'Festzug' of 1616. 93 lvs. (title, dedication and 91 engravings). Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Fireworks  Germany  Horses & Horsemanship  Splendid Ceremonies  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Eulogy to the inventor of lithography, Aloys Senefelder View picture(s) 27 JOLY, Nicolas. Eloge historique d' Aloys Senefelder, inventeur de la lithographie. (Toulouse, Imprimerie de Jean-Matthieu Douladoure, 1847). 8vo. Original printed wrappers. With one beautiful lithographed plate depicting a Cossack during a battle, "Dessin original du Géneral Baron Lejeune, restauré par Mr. N. Joly", dated Munich 1806. 29, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Lithographs  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Artistic designs View picture(s) 28 JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine. Nouvelle methode pour apprendre a dessiner sans maitre. Où l'on explique par de nouvelles démonstrations les premiers elémens & les regles generales de ce grand art, avec la maniere de l'étudier pour s'y perfectionner en peu de tems. Le tout accompagné de quantité d'exemples, de plusieurs figures académiques dessinées d'après nature, & des proportions du corps humain d'après l'antique. Enrichi de cent vingt planches. Paris, 1740. 2 parts in 1 vol. Small folio. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in six compartments, red morocco title-label, red edges. Engraved device on title, 6 engravings in text, 4 engraved head- and tail pieces, 121 engraving on 82 leaves. 37, (3) pp. text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Ornaments  Print Series  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Famous work on Spain and Portugal View picture(s) 29 LABORDE, Alexandre de. Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne. Paris, l'imprimerie de Pierre Didot l'aine, avec les caractères de Bodoni, 1806-1820. 2 parts in 4 vols. Elephant folio. Contemporary half green morocco. Engraved frontispiece by Du Parc, after Charles Percier, 2 engraved medals on title-page of first volume, memorial stone on the title of the second volume, coat of arms of Granada on the third volume's title-page, and engraved medals again on the title of the fourth volume. Ca. 350 engraved views, plans, architectural plates, etc. of towns, villages and buildings in Spain and Portugal, on 272 plates, and 2 large double-page engraved maps of Spain and Portugal. xlvi, 72, (2); 73-132; xlv, (1 blank), 33, (1 blank, 2); xci (=lxxxi), (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Cartography  Portugal  Spain  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Celebrated theoretical manual on the art of painting by the the Dutch Poussin View picture(s) 30 LAIRESSE, Gerard de. Groot schilderboek, waar in de schilderkonst in al haar deelen grondig werd onderweezen, ook door redeneeringen en prentverbeeldingen verklaard ... Tweden druk, vermeerdert met des schryvers levensbeschryving. Haarlem, Johannes Marshoorn, 1740. 2 works in 2 volumes. 4to. Contemporary blindstamped vellum. With engraved frontispiece, engraved self-portrait by J.C. Philips, and 66 engraved plates of which 6 folding. [56], 434, [34]; 400, [28] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Art  Art General  Drawing & Painting  Dutch  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to recognize a criminal View picture(s) 31 LAVATER, Johann Kaspar. Over de Physiognomie. Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1781-1784. 4 vols. 8vo. In the original boards covered with red sprinkled paper as published. With allegorical vignette on the titles of vols. 1-3 and another vignette on the title of vol. 4, a portrait of Lavater in vol. 1, 41 full-page engraved portraits and silhouettes and 380 engraved and etched portraits, sihouettes, facial details of humans and animals in the text. (Vol. 1: 12 full-page engravings and 80 plates in text; vol. 2: 13, 89; vol. 3: 13, 77; vol. 4: 3, 134). XX, 16, 357, (2); VIII, 342, (1); VI, 347, (1); (6), 435, (20) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Portraits  Psychology & Psychiatry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Fantastic and decorative grotesques View picture(s) 32 LEMOYNE, Jean. Ornements Pour Servir aux Peintres.- IDEM. Ornemens  Inventez & gravez. Paris, G. Duchange; Jean Bairain, 1710, 1676. 2 works in 1 vol. Folio. Half calf. With engraved frontispiece and 5 (of 6) full-page engraved ornamental plates; engraved frontispiece and 5 full-page engraved plates, depicting divine and human figures, cherubs and several animals within a rich ornamental design. 13 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Ornaments  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Portraits of the Dutch sovereigns - From the library of Van Alkemade & Van der Schelling View picture(s) 33 MEYSSENS, Johan & Cornelis. Les portraits des souverains princes et comtes de Hollande. Nouvellement reproduits en lumière. 1662. Small folio. Contemporary vellum with ms. title on spine. Engraved title and 39 numbered engraved portraits. The 40 engraved plates interleaved. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  History  Netherlands  Portraits  Print Series  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The fine art of making porcelain View picture(s) 34 MILLY, Nicolas Christien de Thy de & Petrus Johannes KASTELEIJN. De porceleinfabriek. Dordrecht, A. Blussé en zoon, 1789. 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards, uncut. 10 folding engraved plates depicting the interiors of a porcelain factory, different tools, ovens etc. X, 238, (4, last blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Crafts  Engravings  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Original edition View picture(s) 35 MONDRIAN, Piet. Le Neo-plasticisme. Paris, 1920. 8vo. Orig. wrappers. (2), 14 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 20th Century  Art  Art General  French  Netherlands  Painting & Drawing  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Fine set of the rarest of great French garden landscaping, art & architecture books View picture(s) 36 PANSERON, Pierre. Recueil de jardinage. [Ier]- IVme volume. [vols. 2-4 with title: Recueil de jardins Anglois et Chinois.] Paris, the author, Denos, Mondare, Basan (vols. 3-4: the author only), 1783-1788. 2 works plus publisher's cat. in 5 volumes. 4to. Contemporary mottled sheepskin, gold-tooled spines with labels, red edges, curl-marbled endpapers, with a later owner's monogram "AS" stamped in gold in the centre of each front board. Panseron's price list offered copies bound in "bazanne", so the present copy may be in the publisher's own binding. With 4 engraved title-pages, 2 engraved ll. with explanatory text, and 110 engraved illustrations on 109  plates (mostly folding, some assemled from 2 sheets: details below) showing plans and views of French, English and Chinese gardens, incl. labyrinths, grottos, amphitheatres, etc., also garden architecture, incl. orangeries, pavilions, bridges, ruins, etc., all designed and engraved by the author. At least the present copy also includes a 3-page engraved price list for both the Recueil de jardins and the Recueil des décorations. 5 engraved titles, 2 engraved ll. with explanatory text, and 4 engraved and 4 letterpres pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Architecture  Art General  Botany  Gardens  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The fine art of woodcutting View picture(s) 37 PAPILLON, Jean Michel. Traité Historique de la Gravure en Bois. Ouvrage enrichie des plus jolis morceaux de sa composition & de sa gravure. Volume I. Contenant toute la partie Historique. Volume II. Contenant tous les principes de cet Art. Volume III. Supplément. Contenant plusieurs faits historiques, de nouvelles manieres, servant à perfectionner cet Art, les Arrêts rendus en faveur de la Gravure, & une Table des Matieres des trois Volumes. Paris, Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1766. 3 parts in 2 vols. Large 8vo. Contemp. marbled calf, spines ribbed and gilt, red edges. With woodcut frontispiece-portrait of the author, large woodcut vignettes on 3 titles, full-page armorial woodcut to the dedication to Marquis de Boyer de Bandol, full-page woodcut portrait of Saint Andrew printed in chiaroscuro in the first historical part; 16 full-page woodcut plates illustrating the tools and technique of the art of woodcutting and 5 full-page plates illustrating the various stages of woodcut colour-printing in chiaroscuro in the second practical part; 2 full-page plates with 12 small woodcut illustrations each and 2 woodcut plates showing the tools and technique of erasing and of making shadows in woodcuts in the supplement; and numerous woodcut head-and tail-pieces, monograms, vignettes and illustrations in text, several full-page, throughout the whole work. XXXII, 540; XV, (1), 388; (4), 124 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Printing Techniques  Schoolbooks  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Second Dutch edition with 100 plates of statues in Rome, copied by Corn. van Dalen Sr. and Jr. View picture(s) 38 PERRIER, François. Eigentlyke afbeeldinge van hondert der aldervermaerdste statuten, of antique-beelden, staande binnen Romen. Nu in cooper gesneden door Cornelis van Dalen de oude ende de jonge. Dienstigh en vermakelijk, voor alle Edelluy(den) en Studenten die tot Romen geweest sijn. Ook voor alle oeffenaers en liefhebbers der teicken-const. Hier is mede bijgevoecht onder elck beeld syn naam, en waerze staen binnen Romen. The Hague, J.L. Versteegh, (ca. 1730). Large folio. 19th century half brown morocco,spine with raised bands and richly gilt, marbled boards. With richly engraved allegorical title, and 100 full-page plates of Roman classical statues, engraved by Cornelis van Dalen, both the Elder and the Younger, after designs by François Perrier. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Italy  Modelbooks  Sculpture  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Third Dutch edition with 100 plates of statues in Rome, enlarged with extensive explanatory text View picture(s) 39 PERRIER, François. Kunstkabinet, besluitende hondert der allerberoemste antique stantbeelden staende binnen Rome. Op eene uitvoerige wyze, naer de origineele afgeteekend, denende tot een vervolgh op de Beschryving van het oude en nieuwe Rome van den heer François Desseine, en, om hunne uitmuntentheit, in het koper gebraght door de twee Cornelissen van Daelen. Een werk zeer nuttigh voor alle beeldhouwers, schilders, graveerders en teekenaers. Hier by komt eene uitvoerige Beschryving van yder stantbeeld, aentoonende de plaetsen alwaer de zelve vertoond werden, de naemen der werkmeesters en de historie der zelve, Alles uit de oudheit der Schryvers opgedolven. The Hague, Bernardus van der Cloese, 1737. Large folio. Contemporary vellum, spine ribbed and blind-stamped with title in ink, with double fillet blind-stamped filets on sides,  inner panel with corner pieces and large blind-stamped ornament in centre, gilt edges. With large engraved printer's device on title, title printed in red and black, richly engraved allegorical title heading the print-series, and 100 full-page plates of Roman classical statues, engraved by Cornelis van Dalen, both the Elder and the Younger, after designs by François Perrier. (2), 54, (2) pp. text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art General  Classical Antiquity  Modelbooks  Rome  Sculpture  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Revolutionary discoveries in garden architecture View picture(s) 40 PETZOLD, Eduard. Zur Farbenlehre der Landschaft. Beiträge zur Landschafts-Gärtnerei. Jena, Friedrich Frommann, 1853. Sm.4to. Contemp. half cloth, orig. front wrapper mounted. With 7 variant diagrams of the colour spectrum on 4 full-page plates, all richly coloured by hand. IX, (3), 68 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Art General  Engravings  Gardens  Perspective  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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