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[Art history] LE COMTE, Florent Het konst-cabinet der bouw- schilder- beeldhouw- en graveerkunde, of Inleiding tot de kennis dier fraaije weetenschappen, vervat in de schilderyen, standbeelden en prenten. [...] Verrykt met een verhandeling over het glas-schilderen [...]. Na het Fransch gevolgt. Dordrecht, A. Blussé, 2 vol., 8vo: [20]-328-[8], 506-[pp. (some spotting and browning). 19th-c. half sheep, marbl. paper on covers, gilt ruled flat spines (some min. rubbings). Good copy. Second Dutch ed. (1st 1744-of the trsl. of "Cabinet des singularitez d'architecture [...]" (Paris, 1699-by the French art dealer Florent Le Comte (d. Paris 1712). Early manual on European artists, with biographies, short catalogues and smaller treatises on the art of engraving, technical recipes (varnish), glass painting, etc. Engr. ill.: 2 allegorical front. by F. de Bakker dated and 5 plates showing artists' monograms. Vol. I contains a subscribers' list numbered and signed by the publisher. Ref. De Man (Kunst op schrift) - STCN. - COPAC. - Not in BnF, BL.