- Left margin w. sm. repairs on verso.
= Rare sheet showing four scenes of the arrival of the later king William III of Great Britain at Exmouth, at Exon, William meeting the Duke of Grafton and other nobles and finally arriving in Salisbury on 13th of December,1689. F.M. 2693-A. The start of the Glorious Revolution.
- Some brown staining, mostly in outer margins and lower part. = F.M. 134.
- Closed tear in lower margin; trimmed to/ within plate mark.
= Remarkable mezzotint (not traced). With printed on verso a cropped optical view "Il Mercurio, quarta Pianeta, e'l suo influsso."
= Jan Huibert Prins (1756-1806) made a printdrawing of this same dog (Rijksmuseum RP-P-1882-A-5681), so perhaps by him.
- Browned and partly waterst. in blank margins; outer blank margins folded due to former framing.
= Borders showing numerous attributes linked to various professions of the seated men.
AND an embossed and contemp. dec. lithograph of a couple, laid down on velvet mount (browned; formerly framed).
= Curtis/ Prouté 47, 2nd and final state.
= Curtis/ Prouté 41, the 2nd state (of 4).
- Verso with engr. text for another (unidentified) work, but largely worn off/ dam.
- With an 18th century manuscript caption below (partly vanished) "t Afbranden van van 't Oude Stadthuijs te Amsterdam (unread) 1652.
= On thick, sl. stiff 18th century laid paper, with watermark (prob. 'IV"(jean Villedary?)). Hollstein 1. FM 2027.
Etching from the series of 10 Seascapes with views of the IJ and Amsterdam (...), 17,1x23 cm., signed "L Bak" and "1701" (in reverse) in the plate, with the address of the artist below.
- Fine. = Hollstein 7, 3rd state of 3.
Etching from the series of 10 Seascapes with views of the IJ and Amsterdam (...), 17x23,5 cm., signed [below image] "L. Bakhuizen fec: et exc" and [in the image in reverse] monogrammed and "1701" in the plate, framed.
- Good impression. = Hollstein 10, 3rd state of 3.
Five (of 10) etchings from the series, all later (partly vaguely) handcoloured, 1701, each 17,2x23 cm., unif. framed.
- All fine.
= Hollstein 2-5 and 9, the 3rd state (of 3). Famous and very rare etchings by Holland's leading marine painter, etched when he was at the age of 71. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
The Set of Seascapes with views of the IJ and Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Katwijk, etc.
Five (of 10) etchings from the series, 3x w. modern handcolouring, 1701, each ±17x23 cm., on various kinds of 18th cent. laid paper.
- Occas. trifle yellowed (in blank margins); otherwise fine.
= Hollstein 1, 2, 6, 7 and 9, the 3rd state (of 3). The first etching without the six line verse by Backhuizen, printed from a separate plate. Famous and very rare etchings by Holland's leading marine painter, etched when he was at the age of 71. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIV.
= Later impression on velin paper.
AND 4 others, all after David TENIERS, i.a. by the same and "La Lecture Diabolique" by F. BASAN.
- Browned.
- Without the accomp. text leaf.
= F.M. 4486: "Vuile spotprent op de prinsgezinden. Eene zaal, waar in het midden de Prins achter de deur staat en P. Wierdsma, een: Plan om Friesland onder 't juk te brengen aan de op den grond liggende en met vrouwenzadels bedekte heeren: van Hambroick en Col. Plettenberg aanbiedt.(...) Met gefingeerd adres te 's Hage bij P.F. Gosse, en de namen Went en H.W. Plettenberg als teekenaar en graveur. Zeer zeldzaam."
= Cf. F.M. 4834 and 4940.
- All w. vertical and horizontal middle-fold; some imperfections in blank margins.
= F.M. 5054: "Ze stellen de groote optogten, allen by 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."
- Both slightly foxed (mainly) in blank margins
= F.M. 4756: "Een groote boom met 7 wortels (De Provinciën) staat op eene kaart van de Nederlanden; de stam duidt de Algemeene Staaten, de takken de verschillende Collegiën aan. (...) De Patriottische geest van deeze schets der Regeeringsvorm blijkt daaruit dat het Stadhouderschap bovenaan een der uiteinden van den boom is geplaatst, afhankelijk van den Souverein, de Staten." The 4-line verse in lower margin reads: "Tracht Batoos edel kroost! tracht dezen Boom te kennen/ En zo ge ontaarding ziet in Wortel, Tak of Vrucht;/ Spoor vlijtig de oorzaak na, en zoek hem zo te wennen/ Dat hij door Eendracht bloeije in uwe vrije lucht!"