Histoire de la vie de P.P. Rubens [...], illustrée d'anecdotes, qui n'ont jamais paru au public, & de ses tableaux étalés dans les palais, églises & places publiques de l'Europe : & par la démonstration des estampes existantes & relatives à ses ouvrages. Enrichi du portrait dudit chevalier [...].

8vo: front.-[10]-366-[7] pp.

Contemp. mottled sheep, gilt orn. flat spine, red edges (sl. rubbed, head and tail missing, front joint split on 5 mm).

First and unique edition of one of the first biographies of Rubens, containing descriptions of his main paintings, the sale catalogue of his workshop in Antwerp in May 1614 and a list of his works in European public and private collections. With a portrait of Rubens as frontispiece, after a self-portrait, and a headpiece with coat of arms of Charles de Lorraine, dedicatee of the book.
Ref. Univ. catalogue of books on art, p. 1788. - OPAC KBR (2).
Prov. Libr. stamp on front flyleaf.