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[Painting - prize binding] - LAIRESSE, Gerard de - Groot schilderboek, waar in de schilderkunst i...

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[Painting - prize binding] - LAIRESSE, Gerard de - Groot schilderboek, waar in de schilderkunst i...
[Painting - prize binding] - LAIRESSE, Gerard de - Groot schilderboek, waar in de schilderkunst in al haar deelen grondig werd onderweezen, ook door Redeneeringen en Prentverbeeldingen verklaard; Met voorbeelden uit de beste konststukken der oude en nieuwe puikschilderen bevestigd (...). Tweden druk, vermeerdert met des Schryvers levensbeschryving. Haarlem, J. Marshoorn, 1740, 2 parts in 1 vol., 4to, contemp. richly decorated calf, double gilt panel on covers with black morocco centrepiece, elaborately gilt spine on 5 raised bands, gilt sides, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, silk marker, [58]-434-[34], 400-[28] pp. Very nice copy. Cfr. ill. € 1500/2000 Important handbook of the art of painting (technique, composition, genres) and a history of painting by the artist Gerard de Lairesse (1640-1711). The present copy is a splendid prize book (with the prize) given by the 'Teeken-Akademie binnen de Stad Middelburg' to Gysbregt Willem Bergman on 28 Sep. 1836. On morocco centrepieces of covers: 'Vernuft en Vlyt' (upper cover) and '9M/1836/28D' (lower cover). On front endpaper: wax seal 'Vernuft en Vlyt'. Engr. front. by G. vander Gouwen after G. de Lairesse and Ph. Tiedeman. Illustrations : engr. portrait of De Lairesse by J.C. Philips and 65 engr. ills. (some folding) by various artists. Ref. STCN (1: The Hague). BL London (1). BN Paris (1).