Joannis Jacobus Bylaert - Nieuwe manier om Plaet-tekeningen in 't Koper te brengen. Verciert ter nader opheldering met twee Plaeten / Nouvelle manière de graver en cuivre [...]

Joannis Jacobus Bylaert - Nieuwe manier om Plaet-tekeningen in 't Koper te brengen. Verciert ter nader opheldering met twee Plaeten / Nouvelle manière de graver en cuivre [...] - Te Leiden - By Sam. en Joh. Luchtmans - Jan. 1772 - 1st edition - [78] pp - Hardcover - 14 x 22 cm.

Condition: Good - with wear.

Antique graphic manual from the 18th century with "copper engraving course", written by the Leiden 'Art Painter and Engraver' Joannis Jacobus Bijlaert (1734-1809). Illustrated with 2 folding plates. Contemporary bound in blind binding with boards of simple decorative paper.

¶ Text in Dutch and French ("Traduit du Hollandais par L.G.F. Kerroux, Maitre de Langues"). Dedicated to "Zyne doorluchtige hoogheid Willem den Vijfde, Prinse van Oranje en Nassau". The author first briefly outlines the history of the graphic arts (including André Murano, Albert Dürer and Hubertus Goltzius) and then explains his new method (in which he uses magnifying glasses).