Author: Piles, Roger de
Title: [Art history 1725] Beknopt verhaal van het leven der vermaardste schilders, met aanmerkingen over hunne werken (...) vertaalt door J. Verhoek. Amsterdam, Lakeman, 1725, (32)+531+(4) pp .
Description: Full vellum. Illustrated with frontispiece with allegory on painting/art history. Handwritten title on spine. Good copy. With assignment to Isaac Walraven by translator De Piles (1635-1709). The book included life details on numerous painters as well as general information on painting. First Dutch translation of 'Abregee de la vie des peintres' (1699). B1875.

Keywords: Art history