Beschrijving
Utrecht, Arnoldus Lobedanius, 1744, first edition, second volume only, 751pp. engraved frontispiece by F. de Bakker, one engraved plate, contemporary speckled paper hardcover binding, damage to spine, second volume of two only, engraved frontispiece by F. de Bakker, (Bakker, Frans de, fl. 1736-1765) very interesting book on the biographies and works of famous artists, written by Florent le Comte. Florent le Comte (1655-1712), was a French writer and engraver. He wrote a comprehensive book about art Cabinet des singularitez which the historian Arnold Houbraken used as a source for Dutch painters active in France, along with similar books on artists by Roger de Piles and André Felibien. Though Houbraken quotes the French title, in his biographical sketch of Romeyn de Hooghe he includes a long citation in Dutch from the Dutch translation.
