Accession number:
PML 76446
Published:
Tot Rotterdam. : By Fransois van Hoogstraeten ..., 1678.
Credit:
Purchased a the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1980.
Description:
[14], 361, [9] p., [16] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., port. ; 21 cm
Notes:
Title page in red and black.
Added engraved t.p.
Ornamental device on t.p.; initials.
Page [9] at end is blank.
First ed.
Page 24 misnumbered 12; 176 for 184.
The twenty engravings include nine of the Muses signed SvH, five of human anatomy, an added title-page, four text-cuts illustrating perspective, light and shade, and a self-portrait of the author with a 4-line verse by J. Oudaan.
HIGH RESERVE; for bindings study only.
Binding:
Red morocco, gilt, with green morocco onlays; on the front cover the motto: "Vernuft en Vlyt" within a laurel wreath, on the rear cover the date 14 May 1806; an arts prize binding of the Maatschappij tot Nut van't Algemeen in Middelburg; the wax seal of the Maatschappij is set into the inside front cover.
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