DE BIE (Corneille) - Lot 3

DE BIE (Corneille) Het Gulden Cabinet vande Edele vry Schilder Const Inhoudende der Lof Vermarste Schilders Architecte Beldthowers ende Plaetsnyders van dese eeuw door, Antwerpen ,1662. In-4 in full speckled calf, 585 pages, including 95 engraved plates. Rare first and only edition of this "Cabinet d'or de l'art libéral de la peinture: contenant la louange des peintres, architectes, sculpteurs et graveurs les plus célèbres de ce siècle". This important collection includes over 250 biographies and is divided into three parts: The first presents artists who had died by the time of publication; the second presents artists contemporary with de Bie and is mainly based on original research by the author; the final part includes artists who were omitted from the first two parts. Upper spine split, headbands damaged, binding of sections about to detach. Magnificent frontispiece, slight paper loss at top of leaf. Fine engravings. Pen name crossed out. Title page cut out (no text missing).