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68 3058 Artists' manuals Gool J van 68/3058 [Artists' manuals]. Gool, J. van. De nieuwe schouburg der Nederlantsche kunstschilders en schilderessen: Waer in de Levens- en Kunstbedryven der tans levenden en reets overleedene Schilders, die van Houbraken, noch eenig ander Schryver, zyn aengeteekend, verhaelt worden. The Hague, for the author, 1750/ 1751, 2 vols., (16),480; (16),575,(1)p., engr. frontisp., portr. of the author, fold. plate of the "Teken-Academi der Haagsche Kunstschilders", 21 plates (each w. 1 to 3 portraits) and 2 vignettes, all by P. TANJÉ and J. HOUBRAKEN, contemp. unif. gilt panelled calf, richly gilt spine w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, gilt boardedges, marbled edges. - Occas. sl. yellowed/ foxed. Backstrip sl. dried and chipped/ sl. dam. at top; backcover vol. 1 one corner showing. A fine copy in an attractive binding. = Arntzen/ Rainwater H96: "Biographical accounts of Netherlandish painters, a continuation of Houbraken."