[Dutch painters] Arnold Houbraken (1660-1719). De groote schouburgh
der Nederlantsche kontschilders en schilderessen [...]. Gravenhage, J. Swart, C. Boucquet and M. Gaillard, 1753, 2nd ed. 3 vols. (361 p., 381 p., and 408 p.). Hcl, num. engr. (some foldouts) of Dutch painters throughout all 3 vols. Some marginalia present. Slight foxing, and bindings show much wear, otherwise in excellent condition.
Houbraken was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters, as he is best know for this art historical work on the lives of Dutch painters.