Rubens (Peter Paul . Theorie de la Figure Humaine, consideree dans ses principes, soit en repos ou en mouvement, ouvrage traduit du latin de Pierre-Paul Rubens, avec XLIV planches gravées par Pierre Aveline d'après les desseins de ce célèbre artiste, Paris, Charles Antoine Jombert, 1773, half title bound after engraved portrait frontispiece (with water stain), 44 engraved plates by Pierre Aveline after Rubens, some light soiling, previous owner inscription, contemporary half sheep, spine and edges rubbed, 4to (Qty: 1) Provenance: Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Jaffé wrote three substantial books on Rubens: Rubens (1967); Rubens and Italy (1977); and Rubens: catalogo completo (1989). Brunet, IV 144; Cicognara 353; Cohen-De Ricci 915-16. First edition of this translation of Rubens' unpublished manuscript Super Figura Humana Discursus Cabbalisticus, left in the artist's studio following his death in 1640. Jombert's version, long thought to be misleading due to its inaccurate editing and incorporation of images taken from Leonardo, has recently been re-examined and vindicated as an important and unjustly overlooked source for the aesthetic and philosophical opinions of the artist. See Nadeije Laneyrie-Dagen, editor, Theorie de la Figure Humaine, Pierre Paul Rubens, Planches gravees par Pierre Aveline d'apres Rubens, Paris, Editions Rue d'Ulm, 2003.
Rubens (Peter Paul . Theorie de la Figure Humaine, consideree dans ses principes, soit en repos ou en mouvement, ouvrage traduit du latin de Pierre-Paul Rubens, avec XLIV planches gravées par Pierre Aveline d'après les desseins de ce célèbre artiste, Paris, Charles Antoine Jombert, 1773, half title bound after engraved portrait frontispiece (with water stain), 44 engraved plates by Pierre Aveline after Rubens, some light soiling, previous owner inscription, contemporary half sheep, spine and edges rubbed, 4to (Qty: 1) Provenance: Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Jaffé wrote three substantial books on Rubens: Rubens (1967); Rubens and Italy (1977); and Rubens: catalogo completo (1989). Brunet, IV 144; Cicognara 353; Cohen-De Ricci 915-16. First edition of this translation of Rubens' unpublished manuscript Super Figura Humana Discursus Cabbalisticus, left in the artist's studio following his death in 1640. Jombert's version, long thought to be misleading due to its inaccurate editing and incorporation of images taken from Leonardo, has recently been re-examined and vindicated as an important and unjustly overlooked source for the aesthetic and philosophical opinions of the artist. See Nadeije Laneyrie-Dagen, editor, Theorie de la Figure Humaine, Pierre Paul Rubens, Planches gravees par Pierre Aveline d'apres Rubens, Paris, Editions Rue d'Ulm, 2003.
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