- Cut just outside the platemark.
= Hollstein 15, 2nd state of 3. One of a series of 4, The story of Tobias. With the signature of an unidentified collector on verso.
- Cut on/ just outside the borderline.
= New Hollstein 17, 4th state of 5. One of a series of 4, The story of Tobias. With the signature of an unidentified collector on verso.
- Two vague flattened vertical folds.
= Hollstein 422, only state; cat. Harlemia Illustrata 123 ("behoren tot de oudste en fraaiste stadsgezichten van Haarlem").
- Dark, strong impression, cut a few mm. outside the borderline.
= Hollstein 76, 1st state of 2. From the series showing the 4 Parts of the Day.
- Second print w. restored/ repaired section in upper left corner (partly redrawn); first print two sm. closed tears in upper left corner. Fine impressions.
= Hollstein 342, 343, 346 and 358, all 1st state of 2.
Idem. (Title print "Derde deel" of landscapes series and 2 landscapes). Three etchings, 11x9x18,7 cm., 1x w. the address of C.J. Visscher, 1616.
- Two landscapes both soiled; H.276 laid down.
= Hollstein 256, 2nd state of 4, 267, 1st state of 2 and 276, 2nd state of 4.
Idem. Dilapidated tower and gothic gate. Etching, 12,6x19,7 cm.
- Laid down on mount; sl. browned.
= Hollstein 222, only state. From the series of Landscapes and Ruins (16 prints).
- All prints (sl.) foxed (mostly so in sky area); most etchings (very) vague middle-fold/ wrinkling; nine prints browned/ yellowed and tipped onto mount along left margin; the 3 remaining prints (June, August and September) trifle yellowed and not tipped onto mount. January: restored in upper left corner; April: upper left mounted corner torn off from print (but present on mount) and sm. thin spot to the left of "Aprilis"; May: tiny inkstain (Ø 3mm.) on house in right margin; June: a few thin spots (not visible on recto); July: sm. tear in lower left blank corner; August: tiny restoration in left margin, just touching the borderline and thin spot in churchyard; September: sm. resrtored spot in sky area in upper left corner and below the Zodiac sign, and sm. ruststain in sky area; October: a few tiny strengthened spots on verso (vaguely visible on recto); November: ruststain in lower margin w. caption to the left of "November"; December: two closed tears in lower margin below "December", lower left corner torn off (but still attached to mount), sm. inkstain in lower margin in final words of the caption to the right.
= Hollstein 34-45, the first and only state. The topography of the prints i.a. shows scenes of the Hofvijver The Hague (January), Kampen (February), road from Hillegom to Lisse (March), leprosenhuis at Haarlem (April) and Delfshaven (December). Rare complete set.. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVIII.
- Laid down on sl. later laid paper; sl. soiled.
= Very rare. Hollstein 524. Part of a series of 14 landcape etchings by an anonymous artist (often attributed to van de Velde), published by Barthélemy Gaultier (act. 1625-1661 in Lyon) and his brother-in-law Claude Savary. Hollstein mentions a complete series in the possession of the art dealer Laurentius (sold by Christie's in 2005). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIX.
- Ample margins, fine.
= Hollstein 1, 2nd state of 3; Hollstein 2-10, 1st (only) or 2nd state of 2. With the collector's mark of A.J. Lamme (Lugt 138).
- Cut on/ just outside the platemark; trifle yellowed. = New Hollstein 36, the 6th and final state.
= Hollstein 35, the second state of 2. Rare. Probably intended as a title print for a series. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIX.
AND 2 other copies in reverse of etchings by the same, both from the series of 7 Oblong landscapes, publ. by C. J. Visscher: Hillegom (Hollstein 19, copy a, numb. "3") and Pennincksveer (Hollstein 21, copy a, numb. "2"), both foxed.
- With a few sm. brown stains. = Hollstein (after) 19 and 22.
AND 7 other 17th/ 18th cent. landscape prints, i.a. by J.V. VAN DER VINNE (later impression, w. the collector's mark of Friedrich August II of Saxony) and after/ in the style of J. CALLOT.
- Small tear in lower margin on middle-fold; verso waterst. = Nice night piece.
AND 1 other.
= Very attractive print in fine contemp. handcolouring, with a fine profile of Haarlem in the background. The date tree symbolizes virtue. Hollstein 116, 2nd state (of 2). Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVII.
- Trimmed just outside the borderline.
= Hollstein 155, 2nd state of 2. Rare portrait and an early business card or personal advertisement. Jan de Paep who himself was employed at the Amsterdam exchange, sells himself as an intermediary or employment agency providing clerks and assistants for merchants and shopkeepers. In the portrait he points towards the inset view of the old Amsterdam exchange, where he probably provided most of his services. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE C.
= Hollstein 56, 4th state of 4.
AND 13 others, i.a. by A. DELFOS, J. FYT, J.E. GRAVE, J. DE VISSCHER. - ADDED ±40 lvs. (of 50) w. etched half-p. emblems by V. VAN DE VINNE and 40 others similar by J. LUIKEN.
- Apart from minor imperfections, fine.
= Originally printed and published as one plate. Hollstein 83; F.M. suppl. 1846. All with the collector's mark of Friedrich August II of Saxony (Lugt 971) in lower right corner on recto. Besides views of the actual siege, also a view of the farm in the village of Offel where Frederick Hendrick of Orange-Nassau stayed. Rare.
- Some sl. foxing/ thumbing; occas. cut on/ just outside the borderline/ trifle frayed.
= The Amsterdam based publisher Cornelis Visscher started publishing large engravings of biblical scenes from ±1630 onwards, so-called "royaalbijbelprenten". After his death, his heirs continued the production. The engravings were sold separately and were combined in the "Royaalbijbel".
- The 2nd print trimmed to image. = Hollstein 118 and 123 (copy). From the series of Vices.
AND 4 others: Greed (woman counting her money) (engraving after C. BARY after A. BLOEMAERT, copy in reverse. Series of Vices), two engravings by F. VAN DER STEEN after D. TENIERS and an etching after J. VAN VLIET, Smell (from the series Five Senses, copy in reverse).
- Lacks plate "18"; occas. trifle creased/ waterst./ strengthened in blank margins. Mostly fine.
= Rare. New Hollstein 30-47, 49 and 50, all 2nd or 3rd (and final) state.