77/2124 [Artists' manuals]. Hoogstraeten, S. van. Inleyding tot de hooge schoole der Schilderkonst: Anders de Zichtbaere Werelt. Verdeelt in negen Leerwinkels, yder bestiert door eene der Zanggodinnen. Rott., F. van Hoogstraeten, 1678, (14),361,(9)p., etched title, engr. portr. by J. OUDAAN, 14 (fold.) plates and 4 ills., contemp. blindst. vellum, sm. 4to.

- Preliminary leaves and several quires in the first 65p. waterstained, (sl.) affecting the 5 plates showing the human proportions, the frontisp., the portrait and the "Euterpe" plate; index leaves at the end also (sl.) waterstained; plate of "Calliope" expurgated (the three nude graces replaced by a king on his throne). Binding dustsoiled.

= Arntzen/ Rainwater H63; Kunst op schrift 23. The first and only edition of this handbook for artists by one of Rembrandt's pupils. Five plates devoted to the human proportions, the other nine representing the classical muses and the 4 remarkable textills. illustrating the way light falls and shadows are cast. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.