JUNIUS, F. De pictura veterum ll. III. Accedit catalogus. Rott., R. Leers, 1694. 2 parts in 1 vol. (30), 296, (20); (32), 236, (16) pp. W. engr. front. & engr. portr. of the author. Fol. Cont. vellum w. gilt coat of arms of Arnhem on both sides. (Ties & prize fails, inner margin stained in places, lower margin faintly stained at the end).
This work forms one of the cornerstones of the Neoclassical movement, and was praised by both Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony Van Dyck. De Pictura Veterum is divided in several books. One book is composed of classical texts on the arts and Junius' commentary on them, and the second forms an alphabetical list of quotations of the lives and works of artists of antiquity. - Brunet III, 600-01; Graesse III, 499; Spoelder, 506 (Arnh. 2).€ 300
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