Author: [PRINT ALBUM].
Title: Spiegel der natuur en school ter teekenkunde, bevattende LXXVI. afbeeldingen van landschappen, landsdouwen, watergezichten, enz. enz. ...Amsterdam, Jan Steven van Esveld-Holtrop, [ca. 1810?]. Oblong 8vo. With 67 engraved plates in various styles (the last 6 folding) and 1 engraved plate tipped in on a blank page. Plate sizes vary. Slightly later half calf, gold-tooled spine, marbled sides.
Description: IV pp. text plus 76 plates.Very rare drawing manual with exceptionally fine landscape prints mostly by renowned 17th-century old masters. The confirmed artists of the prints are: Jan van Almeloveen, Cornelis Danckerts (I), Pieter de Molijn, Nicolas Perelle, Gillis van Scheyndel (I), Claes Jansz. Visscher (I). Furthermore the title-page names Silvestre, Quinault, Della Bella, Nolpe, Schenk and Vermeulen, which we could not confirm. Several prints in this album may be unknown works by these masters. The signatures and marks were erased from the plates, making these prints all new states. The unidentified compiler must have had access to the original old master copper plates. Though the album is meant for young students, a collection of this many old master prints must have been expensive, limiting its market."1830" written in pencil on the title-page. Repair to the inner margin of the title-page. One plate with a repaired long tear. Otherwise in very good condition.l Cat. Kunsthist. Bibl. Rijksmus. Amst. I, p. 225; Rudolph Wiegl, Kunstlager-Catalog, vol. 8, Leipzig, 1840, no. 63; WorldCat 921087103, 921087104, 740254525 (3 copies, incl. 2 incompl.); not in Kunst op schrift.

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