Lot n° 1288

Art - varnishing - BUONANNI, Filippo, S.J. - Verhandeling over de vernissen, waar in de wyze opgegeeven wordt, om 'er een toe te stellen, dat 't Chinees vernis volmaakt gelykt (…) [trsl. after the French trsl. from the Italian]. Leiden, J....

Estimation : 800 / 800
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
Willeke, 1742
8vo, cont. sheep (rubbed, front joint split), gilt spine, marbl. endpapers, 16-218-[26] pp. Good copy. Extr. rare Dutch trsl. of a treatise on Chinese (and Japanese) varnishing and lacquer wares by the Italian Jesuit scholar Buonanni (1638-1725), "Trattato sopra la vernice detta Cinese" (Rome 1720). It was soon translated in French ("Traité des vernis", Paris 1723). Ill. with 4 folding engr. pls. Title in red & black.
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