Bidspirit auction | BISSCHOP, Jan de (1628-1671)

BISSCHOP, Jan de (1628-1671) - Paradigmata Graphices Variorum Artificum, Per Joh. Episcopium. Ex formis Nicolai Visscher./ Signorum veterum icones Amsterdam Hendrik de Leth (1740) Small folio (31,5 x 22,5 cm), engraved title, series of 57 engraved plates, second engraved title, series of 99 (on 100) engraved plates. Lacking plate 83. Partially disbound, worn half leather binding, paper on the covers partially torn The first series after i.a. Caracci, Dominichino and Michelangelo, 2nd series reproducing Greek and Roman sculpture. Ref. Kunst op schrift, 11a. J.G. van Gelder and I. Jost, Jan de Bisschop and his Icones & Paradigmata (...) (Doornspijk, 1985). Provenance: Pierre Paulus, avenue de la Toison d'Or, Bruxelles