Groot schilderboek, waar in de schilderkonst in al haar deelen grondig werd onderweezen, ook door redeneeringen en prentverbeeldingen verklaard; met voorbeelden uit de beste konst-stukken der oude en nieuwe puikschilderen bevestigd: en derzelver wel- en misstand aangeweezen. Tweden druk, vermeerdert met des schryvers levensbeschryving. LAIRESSE, Gerard de.

2 parts in 1 volume. Celebrated and very influential theoretical manual on the art of painting by Gerard de Lairesse, in the second enlarged, and third overall, edition; now including a biography of the author by the painter Arnold Houbraken and an engraving by J.C. Philips of a self-portrait of De Lairesse. The author is also several times depicted on the richly designed frontispiece: in the foreground he is shown as a blind man (De Laraisse became blind), his hand guided by a naked woman; in the background the artist is seen as a young man painting, and on top De Lairesse is shown in a medallion as painter-laureate. The Groot Schilderboek is a clear, practical, and beautifully illustrated work for students who want to learn everything about painting, drawing in perspective, and engraving. Divided in 13 books over 2 parts, the work treats all aspects of the art of painting. The first edition appeared in 1707 and a second in 1716. The fine and dated 19th-century prize binding for the The Teeken Academie (Drawing Academy) is probably made by a successor of the "Drawing Academy Bindery", active in Middelburg from 1787 to 1807. Each year, the board of the Academy handed out silver medals or suitable books to the best students. The binding shows some slight signs of wear, the work has been re-backed, the edges of the leaves are slightly browned, and with a stain on p. 257. Otherwise in very good condition.l Berlin Kat. 4626; Cat. Kunsthist. Bibl. Rijksm. Amst. I, 193; Kunst op Schrift 342, 343; STCN 154085073 (20 copies, incl. 3 incomplete); cf. for the binding: Goud en velijn. Middelburgse boekbanden van de 17de tot de 19de eeuw (Zeeuwse katernen 9, 1992), pp. 23-5 & 45-6; J. Storm van Leeuwen, Dutch decorated Bookbinding IIB, p. 550-1, 659, 684-90; Idem, 'Rondom een Middelburgse prijsband van 1828', in: De Boekenwereld 1/5 (1984/85), pp. 2-5. 19th-century gold-tooled mottled calf (dated 1841), richly gold-tooled spine with a green title label lettered in gold, both boards with two gold-tooled floral frames, corner pieces, and a green morocco central medallion laid into the calf. surrounded by a gold-tooled wreath and "hanging" on a gold-tooled chain, with gold-tooled text, on the front board: "Vernuft en Vlyt" and on the back board the date: 15 September 1841, gold-tooled board edges, marbled edges. The work has been re-backed with the original spine laid down. With an engraved frontispiece by G. van der Gouwen after De Lairesse and P. Tiedeman, both title pages with a woodcut vignette, title to part 1 printed in red and black, an engraved portrait of De Laraisse by J.C. Philips after a self portrait by De Lairesse, and 64 engraved plates (50 in part 1 including 5 folding, and 14 in part 2), by J. Boelens, G. Van Gouwen, C. van der Hem, J. Hoogsaat, C. van Ingen, his son J. de Lairesse, G. Rademaker, J. Schijnvoet, Stopendaal, P. Tiedeman, and others. Pages: [3], [1 blank], [52], 434, [33], [1 blank]; 400, [28] pp.