76/1963 [Artists' manuals]. Lairesse, G. de. Les principes du dessein; ou methode courte et facile Pour aprendre cet Art en peu de tems Amsterdam. Amst., Michel Charles le Cene, 1729, (2),24 textp., engr. title-vignette, 80 plates, 8 ills., early 20th cent. boards, folio.

- Lacks 41 plates (no. 9 and all plates after plate 80); text leaves, first ±20 plates and final 8 plates waterstained (6x affecting (partly severely) image); plate 13 w. closed tear in image; title-p. yellowed; textpages printed obliquely on page and cut shorter than the leaves on which the plates are printed.

= Very rare French edition of De Lairesse's Grondlegginge der tekenkonst (1701).. Only one complete copy of this edition (containing 120 plates) traced in the trade. An artist's manual containing i.a. late impressions of fine prints after H. GOLTZIUS and A. BLOEMAERT.