[Artists' manuals] Bloemaert, A. Oorspronkelyk en vermaard konstryk tekenboek

(...) Hooglyk dienstig en nut voor Schilders, Beeldhouwers, Plaatsnyders, Tekenaars en Konstbegeerige Leerlingen van de beyde Sexen. Amst., R. and J. Ottens. 1740. 8 parts in 1 vol., (6),6,(4), p., with camaïeu frontispiece, engraved camaïeu portrait of author, title vignette, dedicatory engr., 166 numb. engravings by F. Bloemaert (incl. frontispiece), and 7 duplicate camaïeu-engravings, modern half calf w. gilt dec. spine. Folio.

First few leaves w. vague creases, occas. light fingersoiling in margin, very sm. waterstain at top margin, trifle foxed, faintly yellowed (mostly due to camaïeu technique). Overall a fine and complete copy. Bolten p.253: "The leading example of the master model in the Netherlands is the drawing book by Abraham Bloemaert. (...) Bloemaert's drawing examples are not derived from those of other authors. They represent the fruits of a life of industrious study in academies and after nature (...)."