- Very fine.
= Collectie Dreesmann II, p.361 (this copy from the collection Dreesmann); Cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 288. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVIII.
- Sm. tear and closed hole in lower (blank) margin.
"Hofsteede Buiten-zorg (...)"/ "Hofsteede Amstelland (...)". Two engr. views on 1 leaf by ABRAHAM RADEMAKER, each 16,5x19 cm., from Hollands Arcadia, ±1730. - AND 4 other engravings (incl. 1 duplicate), i.a. from WAGENAAR and COMMELIN.
= Impressive and decorative view. The original engraving showing the original wooden Corn Exchange before it was renewed in 1768. Cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 292.
= Impressive and decorative view. The renewed engraving showing the renovation of the Corn Exchange into a stone building. The building was demolished in 1884, a year after the damming of the part of the Damrak between the Papenbrugsteeg and the Oude Brug. Collectie Dreesmann I, p.88; cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 292.
- All plates w. waterstain in lower blank margin, occas. sl. frayed in that stain; a few plates w. waterstain in image; two plates w. extra added margins.
= A rare plate volume created with the plates from O. DAPPER, Historische beschryving der Stadt Amsterdam.
- All views fine. = Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Margins sl. frayed; 5 plates trifle/ sl. stained (2x sl. affecting the image).
= Rare series of 6 architectural engravings of the newly erected Muiderpoort, showing the ground plan, 4 façades, a cross-section of the building and the entrance gate.
- Sl. browned; some superficial chafed spots (prob. caused by silverfish). = Hameleers 104, 3rd edition.
"Amstelredam". Handcol. etched plan, 24x26 cm., from GIUCCIARDINI, ±1612-1648.
= Hameleers 13, 2nd edition (w. the number).
AND 3 other plans of Amsterdam, i.a. by Ottens (Hameleers 113, heavily browned) and "Amsterdam bij vogelvlucht" (publ by T. van Holkema, 1882. Hameleers 40).
- A few (vague) vertical creases in left/ right blank margins.
= Second view of a set of three. Atlas Van Stolk 4838; F.M. 5054 (2): "Ze stellen de groote optogten, allen bij avond, met lampions en fakkellicht, van Wittenburg en het Admiraliteits-Magazijn uitgaande, voor, met alle zinnebeelden, werktuigen, insigniën, enz. en zijn daardoor zeer curieus voor de geschiedenis van dien tijd.".
- Sl. yellowed; trifle foxed in blank margins. Not examined outside frame.
= Third view of a set of three. Atlas Van Stolk 4838; F.M. 5054 (3): "Ze stellen de groote optogten, allen bij avond, met lampions en fakkellicht, van Wittenburg en het Admiraliteits-Magazijn uitgaande, voor, met alle zinnebeelden, werktuigen, insigniën, enz. en zijn daardoor zeer curieus voor de geschiedenis van dien tijd.".
- First lithograph a few (unobtrusive) closed tears in margins.
= F.M. 6175b. The rare handcoloured version of these two prints. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIX.
- No 2. laid down.
= No. 7 (Noorderkerk): a proof before letters and before the lines in the sky. Very rare, not mentioned in Hollstein and no other copies traced. On the series: Hollstein 15-22.
AND 1 other: a copy of no.5 (Zuyderkerk) after Schut, with address of Frederick de Wit (Cf. Hollstein 15-22).
- Sl. foxed; laid down on mount; cut on the borderline.
= F.M. 1663. Showing masons and carpenters building the Remonstrant church.
= Hollstein 144, 145 and 147.
AND 3 other Amsterdam views by the same from Guicciardini: The Old and New Church and Town Hall and Weigh House (together on 1 plate) (Hollstein 419-421).
- Fine state (verso w. a few closed tears in margins and some strengthened sections on folds).
- Sl. yellowed/ foxed; not examined outside of frame.
- Plates in fine condition: 3x vaguely waterst. in top blank margin (sl. affecting 1 image); 1x purple pencil annot. below image.
= Attractive, complete set. Contains i.a. "Gezigt van de vlot batterijen in den Amstel aan Kalfjes laan 1787"; "Gezigt van de drijvende batterije in de Buite Amstel, na de Weesper weg te Zien 1787"; "Gezigt van de batterije aan de Buite Bullewijk, agter Ouderkerk 1787"; "Gezigt van de batterijen aan den Diemer Brug 1787" and "Gezigt van de batterije aan Halfweg Haarlem 1787". F.M. 4955: measurements sl. different; Muller mentions 2-line caption.
Koning, Theodorus (1748-1829) (after). "Aanval by Ouderkerk aan den Amstel op de afgebrooke brug by het groote loopveld, en de battery over de zelve aan de ronde hoek, door de Pruysische troepen, en verdedigd door Amsterdamsche schutters (...) den 1te october 1787". Etching and engraving after J.G. TEISSIER, with engr. caption below image, 16,5x21 cm.
= Reduced-size copy after the original plate, cf. F.M. 4966.
ADDED: 3 engravings of Amstelveen by J.G. VISSER (2x) and A.C. BROUWER after J. VAN DIEPENHUYSEN, with engr. poem below (1792).
- Mostly fine.
= I.a. from I. COMMELIN, Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, 1726; J. KOK, Vaderlandsch woordenboek, 1781 and J. KOK and J. FOKKE, Geschiedenissen der Vereenigde Nederlanden, 1783-1795.
= I.a. from Dapper, Commelin and Fouquet. Incl. 2 views of the Noorderkerk by Pieter VAN DEN BERGE, views from Peter SCHENK, 100 Afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam, early states of prints from the Atlas of Fouquet: Bickerseiland (by Paul VAN LIENDER, before letters and unfinished sky), view on the Muiderpoort seen from the Plantage (by Caspar PHILIPS, 2 variant states, both before letters, i.a. w. unfinished sky), Raampoort (by Caspar PHILIPS, 2 variant proofs before letters, w. variant (unfinished) skies); a handcol. optical view showing the Dam and Amsterdam city hall with people demonstrating firehose pumps); 2 views by J. PLÜGGER: " Ruine van het voormalig O.I. Compagnies-Magazijn" (lithographs, 1822); "Lyk-statie van den Heere Michiel de Ruyter" (engr. by Bastiaen Stoopendaal after Jan Luiken).