Resta, Sebastiano (1635-1714) The True Effigies of the Most Eminent Painters and other Famous Artists that have Flourished in Europe.

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Resta, Sebastiano (1635-1714) The True Effigies of the Most Eminent Painters and other Famous Artists that have Flourished in Europe. London: Printed in the Year, 1694. Folio, first edition in English, utilizing the engraved title from the Dutch version, c. 1661, the title, Het Gulden Cabinet, still visible when held to the light, printed typographically beneath a slip of paper with the English title specially printed, trimmed, and mounted on top; engraved title by Cornelis Meyssens after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Antwerp: Ian Meyssens; engraved title followed by English typographical title; added engraved title beginning the first portrait section, which is illustrated with twenty-two engravings; second portrait section with engraved title and an additional 100 portraits; bound in a speckled and paneled English calf binding, sympathetically rebacked and recornered, 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.

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Estimate $2,000-3,000


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