DESCAMPS, Jean-Baptiste La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandais, avec des portraits (...). 1753-1763 C.-A. Jombert (pt. 1-2), Desaint & Saillant, Pissot, Durand (pt. 3-4), 4 vol., 8vo, cont. marbled calf (corners sl. bumped, some...
Estimation :
250 / 350
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
scratches), gilt orn. spines on 5 raised bands, red edges, xvi-429-[11], [4]-480-[8], xvi-402-[6-2 bl.], viii-302-[24] pp. (some staining, wormhole in 1st vol. not affecting any text). Good set.
First ed. of these still useful biographies of hundreds of painters by J.B. Descamps (1714-1791). Engr. ills : front. by J.P. Le Bas after Descamps in vol. I, 2 engraved headpieces by N. Le Mire after Descamps and 168 half page portraits of painters i.a. Quinten Metsys, Bernard van Orley, Maarten van Heemskerck, J. Holbein, P. Breughel, Maarten de Vos, Abraham Bloemaert, A. Van Dyck, Jan Steen, Gérard de Lairesse, etc. Woodcut ornaments on titles. Titles printed in red and black. Ownership entry "F. Flickhoff".
First ed. of these still useful biographies of hundreds of painters by J.B. Descamps (1714-1791). Engr. ills : front. by J.P. Le Bas after Descamps in vol. I, 2 engraved headpieces by N. Le Mire after Descamps and 168 half page portraits of painters i.a. Quinten Metsys, Bernard van Orley, Maarten van Heemskerck, J. Holbein, P. Breughel, Maarten de Vos, Abraham Bloemaert, A. Van Dyck, Jan Steen, Gérard de Lairesse, etc. Woodcut ornaments on titles. Titles printed in red and black. Ownership entry "F. Flickhoff".
