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[Artists' manuals]. Weyerman, J.C.
De levens-beschryvingen der Nederlandsche konst-schilders en konst-schilderessen, met een uytbreyding over de schilder-konst der ouden.
The Hague, Wed. E. Boucquet etc., 1729/ Dordr., A. Blussé en zoon, 1769 (vol. 4), 4 vols., engr. frontisp., 4 (partly) ident. title-vignettes, fold. portrait of Willem Carel Henrik Friso, portrait of the author, 41 plates by J. HOUBRAKEN with 2 to 4 portraits of Dutch painters (1 plate depicting a night scene), 154 vignettes by i.a. B. PICART, F. BLEYSWIJCK, J. SCHIJNVOET, A. HOUBRAKEN, J. FOLKEMA, S. FOKKE and R. VINKELES, early 19th cent. hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.
- Occas. waterstained (incl. title and portraits). Otherwise a fine set.
= Including the often lacking fourth vol. published in 1769. Kunst op schrift 243-245; Arntzen/ Rainwater H129.
€ (250-350) 425