B Graet (2 results)

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1853 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 51 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 51.

On title page: "Cabinet de l'art de schulpture par le fameux sculpteur Francis van Bossuit exécuté en yvoire ou ébauché en terre gravées d'après les desseins de Barent Graat door Mattys Pool // STATUES OR ART'S CABINET Containing the Ivory work's of that famous Statuary FRANCIS VAN BOSSUIT and Curiously Ingraven in Copper According to the draught of BARENT GRAAT by MATHEW POOL' .4°, 103 gravures (waaronder 2 portretten) en een gegraveerde opdracht, op 70 bladen. Half leer. Goed exemplaar.2 decorated engraved title-pages, engraved dedication page [A], portrait of van Bossuit [3] followed by two pages (one in Dutch and one in Eglish) of engraved text with the biography of the sculptor [5]; portrait of Barent Graat [6] followed by two pages (in Dutch and in Eglish) of engraved text with the biography of the painter[8]; plates IX-CIII [9-103] are all in great condition. Wide margins. Good quality engravings on thick paper and one-side printed only. The whole book, including the text, is drawn from plates. Rare complete first and only edition from 1727.Half leather with text printed in gold; countergard page attached but loose.Inscribed in pen and black ink within the cover: 'F. (?) l.(?) Mesterman'.