Drawing.- Bloemaert (Abraham) Oorspronkelyk en vermaard konstryk tekenboek, 8 parts in 1, title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved portrait with ochre chiaroscuro woodblock overprint, 174 engraved plates, of which 8 with ochre chiaroscuro woodblock overprint, manuscript inscription in ink to front endpaper, lacking engraved dedication, some light finger soiling and the odd spot to blank plate margins, a few small marginal tears,contemporary vellum, toned, spine ends and corners a little worn, folio, Amsterdam, Reinier and Joshua Ottens, 1740.

⁂ Compiled by Frederik Bloemaert, from his father's drawings and studies, and originally published in 1650 under the title, Artis Apellae Liber. The 1740 edition of the tekenboek includes over forty additional plates, and the chiaroscuro woodblock overlay is a technique in engraving that the Bloemaerts pioneered. Studies of heads, limbs, nudes, children, individual and elaborate figures or groups of figures, scenic representations and animals.