- Waterstain in lower margin; sl. foxed (mostly in margins); bookplates on upper pastedown. Corners worn; spine-ends and covers rubbed and w. chafed spots.
= Not in the usual reference works. With a later added lithographed portrait mounted on verso first free endpaper. Although the title implies the entire kingdom of the Netherlands, the main focus of the author lies on classicist buildings in the part of the kingdom that is now Belgium.
82 3025 Architecture Pozzo A 
82 3025 Architecture Pozzo A 
82 3025 Architecture Pozzo A 
82 3025 Architecture Pozzo A 
- The first part only. Lacks title-p.; 1st plate loose; sl. foxed and (finger)soiled. Binding badly worn. Sold w.a.f.
= Fowler 253 and Kat. Orn. Berlin 4726 (both Augsb. edition 1708-1711); cf. The Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection 103. In teaching perspective, Pozzo used examples of details from his own buildings including unexecuted projects. His ability to synthesize seemingly incompatible sources influenced the next generation of Italian architects. "(...) the crowning glory of the baroque art of illusion, of negating the distinction between the real and the imaginary or theatrical - the world of frescoes and quadratura painting, and of scenography, arts in which Pozzo excelled" (auction cat. Library of the late M.F.d.C., 1995, no. 253).
82 3026 Architecture Scamozzi V 
82 3026 Architecture Scamozzi V 
- (Sl.) browned/ soiled/ and partly waterst., also affecting the plates; pastedowns loose and stained. Binding darkened/ soiled.
= Not in Fowler. The engr. title w. the address of Hendrick Doncker, Amst., and a cartouche reading "WisConstich bewijs over de uytnementheyt der 5 Colommen, van de voornaemste meesters (door) Joost Vermaarsch in Leyden".
82 3027 Architecture Scamozzi V 
82 3027 Architecture Scamozzi V 
- Frontisp. loose, sl. frayed and soiled/ stained (mainly in margins); a few lvs. w. sm. wormhole; sl. foxed and thumbed/ soiled throughout; last 4 plates w. stain in lower margin, extending into image; endpapers loose and sl. dam. Binding darkened/ soiled.
= Cf. Fowler 299.
82 3028 Architecture Schübler J J 
82 3028 Architecture Schübler J J 
82 3028 Architecture Schübler J J 
82 3028 Architecture Schübler J J 
- Inner margin of frontisp. strengthened and lower blank margin waterstained; title sl. foxed.
= Rare work by Johann Jacob Schübler (1689-1741), important Nuremberg architectural theoretician, in which he shows the geometrical basis for exact architectonical designs. Kat. Orn. Berlin 4731.
82 3029 Architecture Schübler J J 
- Trifle foxed. Otherwise fine. = Beautiful plates of baroque chamber-stoves. Kat. Orn. Berlin 3836.
82 3030 Architecture Vitruvius Pollio M 
82 3030 Architecture Vitruvius Pollio M 
82 3030 Architecture Vitruvius Pollio M 
- Letterpieces worn. Fine copy.
= Rare edtion, with the extensive commentary of Aloisio Martinio. Brunet,V, 1328: "Trés belle édition". SEE ILLLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
82 3031 Architecture Vitruvius Pollio M 
82 3031 Architecture Vitruvius Pollio M 
82 3031 Architecture Vitruvius Pollio M 
82 3031 Architecture Vitruvius Pollio M 
82 3031 Architecture Vitruvius Pollio M 
82 3031 Architecture Vitruvius Pollio M 
82 3031 Architecture Vitruvius Pollio M 
82 3031 Architecture Vitruvius Pollio M 
- Two plates w. some surface dam.; one plate w. unobtrusive annots.; libr. stamp ("Bibliotheque du Chateau de Bioul") and later owner's entry on title; occas. sl. foxed. Joints split(ting); binding worn/ dam.
= Kat. Orn. Berlin 1818; Cicognara 730. "By exemplifying the principles of classical architecture "De architecture" became the fundamental architectural textbook for centuries" (PMM p.16). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
82 3032 Artists' manuals Bergeron L E 
82 3032 Artists' manuals Bergeron L E 
- Both vols. w. scattered owner's entries and plate numbering in text in pen and black or red ink (or col. pencil) and on almost all plates (mostly in blank margins, occas. in the image); plates partly cut sl .short; textpages partly sl. mouldy/ dampstained in lower blank cormer. BIndings dam.
= First edition of this French standard work on wood-turning, showing the great heights to which the art was developed at the end of the 18th century. The 8 handcoloured plates show 72 types of wood with their specific grain patterns. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
82 3033 Artists' manuals Bloemaert A 
82 3033 Artists' manuals Bloemaert A 
82 3033 Artists' manuals Bloemaert A 
- Lacks title and 26 engravings; a few engravings loose (1x w. trimmed margins); occas. sl. foxed. Binding worn and dam.; covers loose(ning).
= Bolten p.253: "The leading example of the master model in the Netherlands is the drawing book by Abraham Bloemaert. (...) Bloemaert's drawing examples are not derived from those of other authors. They represent the fruits of a life of industrious study in academies and after nature (...)."
82 3034 Artists' manuals Bloemaert A 
82 3034 Artists' manuals Bloemaert A 
82 3034 Artists' manuals Bloemaert A 
- Sl. (finger)soiled in margins, otherwise fine. Spine-ends worn; corners showing.
= Cf. Bolten, Method & Practice. Dutch & Flemish drawing books, pp.51-67. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
82 3035 Artists' manuals Bosse A 
82 3035 Artists' manuals Bosse A 
82 3035 Artists' manuals Bosse A 
82 3035 Artists' manuals Bosse A 
82 3035 Artists' manuals Bosse A 
- Browned; occas. (sl.) soiled; occas. w. stains in margins; a few lvs. lower margin repaired; first few lvs. w. wormhole in inner margin.
= The extensive owner's entry and small drawing on 2nd and 3rd blank by the 18th century (amateur) artist and draughtsman Johannes de Geest from Heerenveen. Ad.1 The rare first Dutch edition of this manual on etching and engraving. Ad.2 Very rare artist' manual. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXI.
82 3036 Artists' manuals Fokke A 
- Lacks series title. Otherwise fine.
= Volledige beschrijving van konsten, ambachten, enz. XIII. Kunst op schrift 1433. Rare manual on the entire field of graphic arts.
- Sl. foxed. Spine soiled and worn; corners showing.
- Sl. foxed throughout; occas. sl. browned. Binding worn, leather spine dried out.
= Kunst op Schrift 420. "Goeree's most important contribution to the theory of proportions" (Bolten p.214).
82 3039 Artists' manuals Hondius H 
82 3039 Artists' manuals Hondius H 
- Lacks 6 plates; foxed/ dustsoiled. Binding worn at extremities.
= The engr. frontisp. w. Latin title and impressum of Reiner & Josua Ottens; the printed title-p. w. addition to the impressum: "Alwaar mede Gedrukt en Verkogt worden alle ander Architectuur Boeken, als ook het nieuwe verbeterde Bosboom." Cf. Orenstein 634E; cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin 4709 and Fowler 155, both listing the Dutch edition published in 1623; cf. Bierens de Haan 2116 (eds. 1640/ 1647) and Kunst op Schrift 254 (ed. Reinier and Josua Ottens, ±1730); Graesse III, p.324 (eds. 1642 and 1643).
82 3040 Artists' manuals Kikkert P 
- Contents fine. Binding worn/ sl. dam. along extremities/ spine.
= Kunst op schrift 1453. With some portraits of famous/ notorious inhabitants of Leyden, i.a. Klaas Langenakker and Marytje van Harten (a.k.a. "Kluit water en brij"). Rare. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Trifle foxed. Rubbed along extremities; lacks the leather cornerpieces.
= Kunst op Schrift 619; Bierens de Haan 2609 (1st ed., 1701). With a letterpress schoolprize of the TEEKEN-COLLEGIE (Haarlem) awarded to Jan Soetebier, on "24. Maart 1786".
BOUND WITH: Segner, J.A. Beschryving Van twee verscheide zeer bekwame en zuinige als mede het Gezicht bewarende Lampen, Van eene wiskonstige Uitvinding, Ongemeen dienstig voor Kooplieden op hunne Comptoiren, Als ook voor Studerende en Konstenaars. Ibid., idem, n.d., (4),16p., 3 fold. engr. plates.
- Partly (sl.) foxed and yellowed.
= Kunst op schrift 342/ 343; Arntzen/ Rainwater H100; Kat. Orn. Berl. 4626; Timmers, Lairesse p.49ff.
- Sl. browned/ foxed. Covers rubbed spots; spines sl. rubbed and dried; mor. letterpiece 2nd vol. partly worn away.
= Printed in a limited, numb. edition, vol. 1 warranted and numb. "281" by the publisher at the end of the "Naamlyst". Kunst op schrift 528/529. The second Dutch edition (first edition published 1744-1745).