Author: Houbraken, Arn[old]
Title: DE GROOTE SCHOUBURGH DER NEDERLANDSCHE KONSTSCHILDERS EN SCHILDERESSEN. Waar van 'er vele met hunne Beeltenissen ten Tooneel verschynen, en hun levensgedrag en Konstwerken beschreven worden: zynde een vervolg op het Schilderboek van K. v. Mander. Deel 1
Description: Amsterdam, Arnold Houbraken 1718 Frontis. + 19 plates including 2 folding plates by Jakob Houbraken & W.Jongman + 2 text illustrations . 8vo handsome vellum binding with 5 raised bands + 2narrower double bands to head & foot of spine + 2 triple ruled lines with decorations to corners of both covers. Half title + poem facing the frontispiece + Printed Titlepage with small vignette + [2p=dedication with coat of arms + 6 pages with 2 poems by Al Doende Leert men and D.Van Hoogstraten + 381pp + [9pp =list of names & list of illustrations with errata at the end. The plates show from two to four writers and artists as well as examples of pottery, lamps and instruments etc. including Erasmus, Rubens, Frans Hals, Van Dyk etc. Coat of arms bookplate to pastedown of F.Lind. Further volumes came out in subsequent years.

Keywords: Artist and writers


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