78/2556 [Artists' manuals]. Passe, Chr. de (±1597-1670). "Lumen picturae et delineationis divisum in sex partes". Amst., F. de Wit, n.d. (±1666), letterpress title, 120 engr. plates by W. SWANENBURG and CHRISPIJN and WILLEM DE PASSE after A. BLOEMAERT, R. DE VORST after SAVERY, GOLTZIUS and GILLES HONDECOETER, 18th cent. giltlettered hcalf, folio.

- Title-p. sl. duststained; first free endpaper creased. Corners rubbed/ sl. worn. Otherwise a fine copy.

= Provenance: the library of J. Weissenbruch (stamped on title-p.). Bolten p.47: "Frederic de Wit utilized more than one hundred plates from Van de Passe 1643 for a drawing book which appeared ca. 1660 in his publishing house under the title Lumen picturae et delineationis and which might be considered a second edition of 't Light der teken en schilder konst." The plates show i.a. the human body in perspective, wild and domestic animals, birds etc. Some of the prints form complete sets, such as the series of The Nine Muses of Goltzius, and the series of The six sinners of the Old and New Testament by Swanenburg after Bloemaert. Extremely rare artists' manual. No copy found in the market.