[Artist's handbook] Grondige onderrichtinge in de optica ofte perspective konste,

zeer dienstig voor schilders, teekenaars, plaatsnyders, bouwkonstenaaren &c. Te zamen gesteldt door Henricus Hondius. Amsterdam, Weduwe Josua Ottens, n.d., (c. 1770), (26) p., with engraved frontispiece (with address of Reinier & Iosua Ottens), 1 unnumbered plate and 43 unnumbered illustrations on 35 engraved plates (2x folding), contemporary halfleather, small folio.

Partly vaguely waterstained, the unnumbered plate sl. browned. Paper across back board worn. Good copy. Beautifully illustrated handbook for the study of perspective drawing; the first edition already appeared in 1623, followed by many editions in the 17th and 18th centuries.