[Artist's manuals] 2 titles: (1) Korte handleiding bij de beoefening van de ontleedkunde

voor den beeldenden kunstenaar. Rotterdam, S. van Reyn Snoeck, 1848, 55 p., with a double series of 23 lithographed plates (mirrored to one another), contemporary gilt halfleather, small 8vo.

Small corner cut from blank margin of the last plate and the following flyleaf; plates somewhat foxed. Leather with light wear. Good copy with owner's stamp of W.H. Beukers on front flyleaf. Very rare artist's handbook, only one copy in PiCarta; (2) Imitative art; or, the means of representing the pictorial appearances of objects, as governed by aerial and linear perspective: being a manual of details, for the amateur sketcher and the man of business, with a chapter on finish. By Frank Howard. Londen, printed by W. Stevens for Darton & Co., [1840], VIII,116 p., with 12 lithographes plates and many wood-engraved illustrations, original giltlettered and blindstamped cloth. Upper joint weak on the inside; spine-ends sl. worn. Rare original edition (total 2).