78/2553 [Artists' manuals]. Mander, K. van. Het Schilder-Boeck, waerin voor eerst de Leerlustige-Jeught den gront der Edele Vrye Schilderkonst in verscheyden deelen wort voor-gedragen. Daer na in drij deelen t'leven der vermaerde Doorluchtighe Schilders des Ouden ende Nieuwen Tydts. Eyndlyck d'uytlegginghe op den Metamorphoseon Pub Ovidij Nasonis. Alles dienstich ende nut den Schilders, Const-beminders ende Dichters, en alle andere Staten van menschen. Amst., J.P. Wachter, 1618, 2nd ed., 3 parts in 1 vol., (14),22,(2); (4),213,(3); (8),122,(2),(8) leaves, engr. general title by N. LASTMAN after W. VAL(CKERT), portrait by N. LASTMAN, woodcut printer's marks, contemp. mottled calf w. gilt spine, 4to.

- Joints starting. Otherwise a fine copy.

= Complete copy of the esteemed second edition of this famous book (first edition 1604), enlarged with the life of the author (1548-1606) and the "Toegift" poem by G.A. Bredero. This edition also with complete indexes. Bibl. Belgica M104; Simoni M22; Arntzen/ Rainwater H69.