[Antique book with prints, 1727, complete] 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 / Mattys Pool. 1727

Bossuit, F. van; B. Graet; M. Pool

[Antique book with prints, 1727, complete] Beeld-Snyders Kunst-Kabinet: Cabinet de l’art de sculpture par le fameux sculpteur Francis van Bossuit exécuté en yvoire ou ébauché en terre gravées d’après les desseins de Barent Graat / Mattys Pool. 1727

Name: [Antique book with prints, 1727, complete] Beeld-Snyders Kunst-Kabinet: Cabinet de l'art de sculpture par le fameux sculpteur Francis van Bossuit exécuté en yvoire ou ébauché en terre gravées d'après les desseins de Barent Graat / Mattys Pool. 1727
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Rare complete first and only edition (1727) of this spectacular entirely engraved ‘cabinet’ of sculpture, illustrating the celebrated ivory carvings of Francis van Bossuit in 103 engravings after Barent Graat by Matthys Pool—an exceptional visual record of Dutch Baroque sculpture, with every page, including the bilingual biographies, engraved rather than typeset.

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’. On first titlepage also text in Dutch: Beeld-Snyders kunst-kabinet. Door den vermaarder Beeldsnyder Francis Bossuit in yvoor gesneeden en geboetseert. in ‘t koper gebragt naar de teekeningen van Barent Graat door Mathys Pool, tot Amsterdam by Matthijs Pool 1727.

Half leather binding with some wear and text printed in gold. Countergard page attached but loose. Quarto edition, 4°, 103 engravings (among which 2 portraits, also of Bossuit) and an engraved assignment, on 70 leafs. Interior in good condition. Content: 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 English) 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.

Provenance: inscribed in pen and black ink within the cover: ‘F. (?) l.(?) Mesterman’. B0921

SKU: 42453

€ 2.725,00 (€ 2.500,00 ex. btw)

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