- Blank corners chipped. = Landwehr, Splendid ceremonies 146; Landwehr, R. de Hooghe as book ill. 79.
AND 6 engr. views from DE RIEMER, i.a. "Stad Huis", "De Oude of St. Joris Doele" and "'s Lands Geschut-Huis", 1730.
- Sl. browned.
ADDED: 4 others, i.a. "Het Oude Hof." and "'t Huis van Assendelf nu 't Hof van Spanje" (handcol. engr. views by J.C. PHILIPS after G. VAN GIESSEN, from DE RIEMER, Beschryving van 's Graven-Hage, 1730).
= I.a. "Gezigt op het standbeeld van Willem de Zwijger op het Plein"; "Gezigt op het Bosch" and "Gezigt op het Voorhout".
- Slightly yellowed.
= Wilmer, Utrecht de stad in prenten no.38 (1st print). Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Minor imperfections, otherwise fine.
- One plan trifle yellowed. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/1, 1881 and IV-2/2, 3245.
AND 6 others on 5 lvs., all engr. (bird's eye) plans/ views of towns in Utrecht, i.a. "Vyanen" and "Leerdam" (2 engr. bird's eye views on 1 leaf, from BLAEU, Townbooks, ±1650).
- Trimmed to/ just within the plate mark in upper and lower margin; sm. closed tear in lower end of middle fold; a few foxed spots.
= I.a. published in Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid (1720). "Maar geene stad had stouter plannen, tegenover Amsterdam, dan Utrecht. Men had slechts een kanaal door de heide naar de Zuiderzee te graven, van 15 voet diep, 300 breed en ter lengte van ruim 6600 roeden, en Utrecht was van zelve de eerste koopstad des lands. Eene fraaije kaart werd uitgegeven om het ontwerp klaar en smakelijk te maken. Men zag daarop de fregat-schepen reeds door het kanaal varen." (De Gids, year 20 (1856), p.671); Cole 6.
AND 3 small handcol. engr. views.
= Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 381 ("the first Dutch topographical work published with (coloured) aquatint plates"); Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 217. Very fine and rare prints, originally published in instalments: "Numan could (...) paint subtle water-colours and, in 1793, sent out a circular letter with two coloured prints of two mansions, inviting subscriptions for a whole series of such pictures. During the period 1793-1797, he published this series of extremely fine engravings (...)" (Landwehr, p.37f). Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
= Decorative map, the two sections of the map are contiguous with each other. Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 2090:1.1. Spiegel der Zuiderzee W1, first state (of 3).
= All some foxing.
= I.a. "Op de Merwe voor Dordrecht", "Gezicht buiten de Haarlemmer-Poort, op den Hoogen dijk, naar de Zandhoek" and "Gezicht buiten de Haarlemmer-Poort met Amsterdam in het verschiet."
- Fine. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2.2, 4910.
- Three sm. ink stains in lower left corner in the border and in the upper right section. Otherwise fine.
= Rare.
- Both fold. as published.
= With a handcoloured copy of the first map (laid down on linen, very grey impression).
AND 6 others, i.a. a large 19th cent. lithogr. map showing the railway crossing the Schelde to Zuid-Beveland near Bath (±1860. Prob. a prospective plan for the Kreekrakdam).
- Folded; waterstain in centre; upper right corner section torn off.
= Besides the polder sections, the maps shows the Sasse vaart from the "Canael van Axel" to Sas van Gent with the depth measurements. There is also an annotation "het Wantije door gegraven" between the Canisvliet-polder and the St. Francois-polder.
AND 6 other manuscript maps of waterways and polders in Zeeland, 17th-18th cent., i.a. 2 manuscript maps (early 17th cent.) showing a section of the coastal surroundings of Baarland, mentioning "riviere de Hont" (nowadays the Westerschelde) and the "Everinge Schorre" and a (dam.) map showing the polders of the Monnikenpolder and Krabbendijke and the new polders of Nieuwlande and Tolsende (never drained?).
- Closed split at both ends middle fold. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/1, 1419.
"Slusa teutonicae Flandriae opp. admodum elegans." Engr. bird's eye plan, 23,3x31 cm., from GUICCIARDINI, first half 17th cent.
- Yellowed; two sm. brown spots. = Guicciardini Illustratus 2.1.
AND 3 fortification plans of "Vlessingen", "Tollen" and "Ysendijck", i.a. by BLAEU or G. PRIORATO (±1650/ 1670).
- Trifle foxed in blank margins; tiny brown stain in centre. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/2, 3885.
"Het Sas van Gent beleegert den 28 july Anno 1644 en door Accoort verovert den 6 september". Engr. bird's eye battle-view, dec. title-cartouche, 27,5x35,5 cm., from I. COMMELIN, Frederick Hendrick van Nassauw, 1651 (sm. closed hole on middle fold). - AND 1 other similar from BLAEU, Townbooks: "Rammekens, oft Zee-Burg" (Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/1, 1419: 1st state (of 2)).