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Secrets of the goldsmith and sculptor; with an important passage on Michelangelo's sculptural techniques View picture(s) 1 CELLINI, Benvenuto. Due trattati, uno intorno alle otto principali arti dell' oreficeria. L'altro in materia dell'arte della scultura; dove si veggono infiniti segreti nel lavorar le figure di marmo, & nel gettarle di bronzo. Florence, Valente Panizzi, Marco Peri, 1568. 4to. 19th-century boards, with gilt orange morocco title label on spine. With the woodcut coat of arms of the Medici on the title-page, a woodcut printer's device at the end, 1 small and 36 large architectural historiated initials. [5], 61, [7] ll. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Art General  Crafts  Italy  Schoolbooks  Sculpture  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A plea for the excellence of Florentine modern painting and manierism View picture(s) 2 CIOCCHI, Giovanni Maria. La Pittura in Parnaso. Florence, Michele nestenus, 1725. 4to. Contemporary mottled calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt with red title-label, with blind-stamped triple fillet borders on sides, richly gilt inner borders, red mottled edges. XXIV, 310 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Aesthetics  Art General  Drawing & Painting  Sculpture  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Unknown issue of the first edition of the Dutch translation of this eighteenth-century manual on Art history View picture(s) 3 COMTE, Florent Le. Het konst-cabinet der bouw- schilder- beeldhouw- en graveerkunde, of inleiding tot de kennis dier fraaije weetenschappen, vervat in de schilderyen, standbeelden en prenten. Behelzende , behalven een beknopte leevensbeschryving der aloude schilders en beeldhouwers, ook die der latere Italiaanse, Franse, Hoogduitse en Nederlandse meesters, die zo wel in de schilder- en bouw-, als plaatsnykunde uitgemunt hebben, beneevens de catalogi hunner werken. Verrykt met een verhandeling over het glas-schilderen, een vertoog over het etzen, en wat tot het leeren en oeffenen dier kundigheid vereist word en andere weetenswaardige zaaken. Arnhem, J.C. & G.M. Nebe, (1744-45). 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, with red title label lettered in gold, marbled boards. With two engraved frontispieces engraved by F. de Bakker, both dated 1744, titles printed in red & black, and 5 full-page engraved plates with monograms of artists. (24), 475, (3); 751 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art  Painting & Drawing  Printing  Sculpture  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Treatise on leather gilding, from the library of the celebrated Parisian bookbinder Léon Gruel to whom the binding can be attributed View picture(s) 4 LA QUÉRIÈRE, Eustache de. Recherches sur le cuir doré, anciennement appelé or basané, et le description de plusieurs peintures appropriées a ce gendre de décor. Rouen, F. Baudry, 1830. 8vo. Contemporary half calf with gilt title on spine, marbled boards and endpapers. With folding engraved frontispiece designed and engraved by E.-H. Langlois. 23 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art  Bindings  Sculpture  Spain  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) 5 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) 6 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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First notable work on Egyptology View picture(s) 7 PIGNORIUS, Laurentius (Lorenzo). Mensa Isiaca, qua sacrorum apud Aegyptios ratio & simulacra subjectis aeneis simul exhibentur  & explicantur. - With separate title-page: IDEM. Magnae Deum matris idae ae & Attidis initia. Ex vetustis monumentis nuper Tornaci & Nerviorum erutis. Amsterdam, Andreas Frisius, 1669-1670. 2 works in one (as published). 4to. Contemporary overlapping vellum, title in ink on spine. Engraved title by A. Blotelingh. With three titles with engraved vignettes by A. Blotelingh. The first work with 11 folding engraved plates with hieroglyphics, 6 full-page engraved plates, and smaller engravings in text. The second work (in two parts) with 3 full-page engraved plates and several smaller engravings in text. (8), 96, (11); (8), 96 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Archaeology  Art  Egypt  Libraries & Collections  Numismatics  Sculpture  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare edition of 100 plates of the statues present in Rome with a portrait and dedication to Christian Eberhard, Fürst of Ostfriesland View picture(s) 8 SCHENCK, Petrus (& François PERRIER). Signorum et statuarum symbola perreriana; eleganti coelo denuo exsculpta, & novo nitore edita à Petro Schenck. Amsterdam, Petrus Schenck, 1702. Folio. Contemporary vellum with double gilt fillets along the edges, gilt corner pieces, gilt centre piece in inner panel, spine divided in nine compartments by double gilt fillets. With a full-page portrait (273 x 175 mm) of the dedicatee Christian Eberhard, Fürst of Ostfriesland, full-page engraved dedication by Petrus Schenck, 98 full-page and 2 double-page engraved plates by Schenck after the plates by C. van Dalen Sr. and Jr., 23 of which in reverse. 6 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Art  Friesland  Print Series  Rome  Sculpture  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The statues and ornaments of Versailles' gardens View picture(s) 9 THOMASSIN, Simon. Recueil des statues, groupes, fontaines, termes, vases, et autres magnifiques ornements du  chateau & parc de Versailles. Avec les explications en François, Latin, Italien & Hollandois. The Hague, Rutgert Alberts, 1724. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with red morocco title-label lettered in gold. Title printed in red and black, fine engraved allegorical frontispiece by Jan van Vianen, large folding engraved plan of the town and the castle of Versailles (495 x 325mm), and 218 finely engraved numbered plates, 5 of which are folding by several artists such as P. le Gros, Garnier, I. la Clerion, N. Coustous, Cornu, etc. all after the designs by Simon Thomassin, illustrating the garden sculpture at Versailles. 59 pp. explicatory text in 4 languages. Full description >> Related Subjects: Architecture  France  Gardens  Sculpture  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Catalogue of an in interesting art exhibition held at the Palais de Luxembourg in 1818 View picture(s) 10 [ART - FRANCE]. Explication des ouvrages de peinture et sculpture, l' école moderne  de France, exposés le 24 Avril 1818, dans le Musée Royal du Luxembourg, destiné aux artistes vivants. Paris, P. Didot, the elder, 1818. 12mo. Blue boards, gilt spine and covers, marbled endpapers. 87 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Art  Catalogues  France  Museums  Painting & Drawing  Paris  Sculpture  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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