76/1961 [Artists' manuals]. Hondius, H. Grondige Onderrichtinge in de Optica ofte Perspective Konste. Amst., F. de Wit, n.d. (frontisp. dated 1642), (28)p., engr. frontisp. and 36 plates by H. HONDIUS (incl. double-p.), contemp. vellum, 4to.

- (Sl.) fingersoiled and vaguely waterst. in lower blank margin throughout; a few plates loose and frayed; occas. foxed spots. Pastedowns loosening and sl. dam.; vellum wrinkled and soiled/ stained; spine sl. dam.

= Orenstein 634E ("after 1650?"); cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin 4709 and Fowler 155, both listing the Dutch edition published in 1623; cf. Bierens de Haan 2116 (eds. 1640 and 1647) and Kunst op Schrift 254 (ed. Reinier and Josua Ottens, ±1730). The date on the frontisp. of our copy altered in pen to "1697". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXI.