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Art - Netherlands] - VAN GOOL, Johan - De nieuwe schouburg der Nederlantsche kunstschilders en schilderessen: waer in de levens- en kunstbedryven der tans levende en reets overleedene schilders, die van Houbraken, noch eenig ander schryver, zyn aengeteekend, verhaelt worden. The Hague, printed for the author, 1750-1751, 2 vol., 8vo, cont. calf (corners sl. bumped), flat spines (rubbed), [16]-472-[8], [16]-575-[1] pp. (some minor spotting). Good copy.
1st ed. of this still useful biographical dictionary of Dutch painters 1650-1750 by Van Gool (1685-1763). Engr. ills : (later colored) frontisp. by P. Tanjé dated 1750, 2 headpcs depicting coat-of-arms (1 by J. Wandelaar and 1 by J. Punt), portrait of Van Gool by A. Schouman after J. Houbraken and 20 plates (1 folding) by Tanjé showing portraits of Dutch painters. Ref. De Man (Kunst op schrift) 401 & 408. Arntzen & Rainwater H97. STCN (i.a. BL). BnF.