- Number "5" erased. = Hollstein 228.
AND 1 engraving of a ship by Joannes VAN DOETECUM, from J.H. VAN LINSCHOTEN, Itinerario, 1596.
- On laid paper with watermark of an ox head, topped with a bar and a Tau(?) (±1520). With sm. vague horizontal brown stain in centre. Without text on verso.
= Hollstein 710, 1 of 29 woodcuts in "Ulrich Pinder, Speculum Passionis domini nostri ihesu christi. In quo relucet hec omnia ... manifestissime coprobat ..., Nuremberg: [Friedrich Peypus for Ulrich Pinder], 1507 (4)." With the collection's mark and doublette stamp of the "königliche Sächsische Kupferstichkabinet", both not in Lugt.
- Sm. tear on lower middle fold (closed on verso); sm. hole in upper blank margin.
= First leaf from the first ed. of Schenk's rare Schouwburg van den Oorlog/ Theatrum bellicum, published between 1709 and 1727. The work illustrates the military history of the War of the Spanish succession, with this leaf showing i.a. the acceptance of the Spanish crown by the Duke of Anjou, his entry into Madrid and the armed encounter between French and German troops at Chiara in July 1701. F.M. 3031 ("Allen ongenommerd en behalve de laatste in rood gedrukt."); cf. Koeman, Sche 6-7.
- The right and upper margin cut short well within the image: the upper part lacks a horizontal strip of ±4 cm. in height and the right part lacks a vertical strip of ±6 cm. wide; various sm. closed tears and holes and strengthened pieces; vertical central crease; agetoned and sl. soiled.
= Rare. Lehrs V, 376, 1 (by different artist); Hollstein 116 I (von II). On laid paper with watermark showing a crown topped by a star. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXIX.
- Trimmed almost to the border; laid down along margins.
- On thick prob. 18th cent. laid paper; agetoned.
= Hollstein 3, 4th and final state. With the collector/ collection's marks of van P.W. van Doorne (1896-1971) (Lugt 4731), Museum Boymans van Beuningen (doublette stamp, Lugt 700a) and Joseph Camberlyn (1783-1861) (Lugt 514) and a manuscript collector's mark "coll A. Ridder".
- First print w. vague central vertical fold; second print w. stamp of the Provinciaal Museum van Oudheden (cancelled). Otherwise both fine.
= Wurzbach 2; Sliggers VIII, 4 and 6.
- Formerly folded; professionally restored spots/ small sections/ tears; some in-filling at the joints of the blocks.
= On laid paper with unidentified watermark. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXIX.
- Yellowed.
- All with (vague) red mould stains in left margin, occas. touching the image; otherwise fine.
= All plates unfolded. Cat. NHSM p. 319; Tiele 3. Comprises i.a. the harbour of Amsterdam (2x), Den Briel, Enkhuizen, Harlingen, Medemblik, Rotterdam and Vlaardingen.
- Occas. sl. foxed.
= Comprises "Navire marchand américain, venant d'appareiller", "Bâtimens grecs, armés en guerre au mouillage" and "Chébec, arrivant au mouillage".
- Both sl. yellowed. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXX.
= Showing the State of America flag with 23 stars. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXX.
- Some foxing; narrow margins.
= 1. "Kraak aan de grond." 2. "Visschers Pinkje op 't strand." 3. "Garnaal of botvissertje aan de grond bezig met schoon maken." 4. "Zeeuws Beurtman zittende te banke of schoon te maken." 5. "Fregat aan de grond zijn stengen neer." 6. "Fregat dat leijt te kielen." 7. "Kof die leijt te Kielen." 8. "Kanonneer boot zeijlende bij de wind." 9. "Oorlogs-brik ten anker hangende zijn zeijlen te droogen." 10. "Oorlog schip met ligters of kameelen op zij." 11. "Oorlogs Fregat ten anker zijn groote steng neer." 12. "Brabandsch beurt-schip met een Paviljoen zeylende bij de wind."
- A very fine and clean copy with the plates in strong impressions, bound in the orig. green publisher's binding (binding trifle rubbed along extremities and upper and lower hinges strengthened w. paper tape).
= Complete set of all 7 series (marked A to F, the last series without letter), each print w. series letter, number (1 to 12) and title engr. in caption. The 2nd state (of 2) of this fine series of Dutch sailing vessels. See De Groot/ Vorstman p.8 ("The most specialized artist in the field at the end of the eighteenth century was Gerrit Groenewegen, with his views of the port of Rotterdam and his series of eighty-four ship types, which was published in instalments"), p.20ff and no.191-202. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXI.
- Central fold strengthened on verso; 2 false folds at lower end of central fold; sl. foxed, mostly in blank margins; a dampstain in upper blank corner of the image.
AND 1 other: "De Haven van Schiedam" (engr. view by M. SALLIETH after D. DE JONG, 18,2x22 cm., ±1780).
- Right margin cut trifle short, without loss of image; sm. closed tear in right blank margin, sl. touching image; trifle yellowed/ soiled.
= From Beschrijving van het plechtige Volksfeest, gehouden te Amsterdam op den 19 Junij 1795. Bij gelegenheid van het Installeeren, der door de volksstem verkozene Representanten der stad, en de Alliantie Gesloten tusschen de Fransche en Bataafsche Republieken (Amst., D.M. Langeveld, 1795). Part of a series of 15 engrs. showing the monuments erected in Amsterdam on occasion of the "Alliantiefeest", the festivities celebrating the alliance with France. This print showing the monument celebrating Dutch maritime history erected on the Nieuwmarkt. F.M. 5408, 10 ("deze serie is zeldzamer dan de vorige en volgende").
WITH attached to upper right blank margin: a smaller engraving showing the same monument, by Johannes Christian SCHULTSZ, publ. by J.A. Swalm. - AND 11 others (incl. 2 duplicates), i.a. Petrus Johannes SCHOTEL, "Gevecht voor de stad Bergen in Noorwegen 13 Augustus 1665" (tinted lithograph w. accomp. text, Amst., F. Buffa, ±1890); an anonymous early 18th cent. engr. of a battleship (contemp. handcol. engraving, heightened w. gold, 11,3x14 cm.) and "De nijvre Haringvangst, die zo veel bloei mag schenken, Geeft U, o Jeugd, gewis een aantal goeie wenken (...)" (8 finger col. woodcuts w. 4-line captions, on one leaf, Amst., C.C.L. van Staden, ±1850. Formerly folded; sl. dam. spots on intersecting folds).