80/6446 Transformation prints Chercez celui qui les mettra d'accord!/ Wie heeft de Oostersche kwestie opgelost? 
- Dutch letterpress text added on w. glued strip of paper at the bottom; sl. foxed/ soiled.
= Showing four figures in profile, with (presumably) Bismarck on the bottom right. The print can be folded in such a way that the possible anwer to the question becomes clear by transformation of the faces.
AND 2 unrelated others.
80 6447 Troost Cornelis 1696 1750 after 
- Doubled; sl. foxed. = F.M. 3985 (nr. 28); Niemeijer p.106, bb.
AND 7 others after Cornelis Troost from the same work: "Het verliefde Bregtje", "Hopman Ulrich of de bedrogen Gierigheid", "De schilder door Liefde", "Tartuffe of de Schynheilige bedrieger", Jan Klaaszen, of de gewaande dienstmaagd", "De stiefmoêr" and "De listige vryster, of de verschalkte voogd".
80/6448 Tulipomania Floraes Gecks Kap of Afbeeldinge van 't wonderlijcke Iaer van 1637 doen d'eene Geck d'ander uytbroeyde de Luy Rijck sonder goet en Wijs sonder verstant waeren 
- Old folds; a few tears/ weak spots strengthened on verso.
= Hollstein, Danckerts 117; Hollstein, Nolpe 55; Muller 185; F.M. 1756; Scheepers I, 440; cat. Tulipomania Frans Halsmuseum 28. From the reprint of De drie t'Zamenspraeken tusschen Waermondt en Gaergoedt, over de op- en ondergang van Flora (...) (orig. publ. Amst., 1643), reprinted during the period of high prices for hyacinths (1734). Krelage, Bloemenspeculatie in Nederland p.153: "In 1734 vreesde men zóó zeer een herhaling van den tulpenwindhandel dat een herdruk verscheen (...)." Rare.
80 6449 Uyttenbroeck Moyses van 1595 1646 
- Trimmed ±0,5 cm. outside the platemark. Fine impression.
= New Hollstein 17, 2nd state of 5. One of a series of 4, The story of Tobias. With the collector's mark of Albert van den Briel (Lugt 407a).
80 6450 Vegetables Cucurbita lagenaria maxima Cucurbita fructi maximo 
80 6450 Vegetables Cucurbita lagenaria maxima Cucurbita fructi maximo 
80 6450 Vegetables Cucurbita lagenaria maxima Cucurbita fructi maximo 
80 6451 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 
80 6451 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 
- Both cut to the image, lacking the captions; both very dark impressions; first print w. vague creases and trifle soiled.
= Hollstein 73 and 74.
80 6452 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 
= Hollstein 426, 1st state (of 3). Cat. Harlemia Illustrata 123. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
80 6453 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 
80 6453 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 
80 6453 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 
80 6453 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 
80 6453 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 
80 6453 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 
80 6453 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 
- No.1, 2 and 4 laid down on sl. later/ modern paper, all but one trimmed just outside the borderline; no.3 w. ample margins; all prints browned and sl. soiled.
= Hollstein 320-323, 2nd state of 3.
AND 3 other similar views (of 4) by the same after Pieter MOULIJN, all w. similar defects: Hollstein 324, 326 and 327 (all 1st states).
80 6454 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 
80 6454 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 
80 6454 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 
80 6454 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 
80 6454 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 
- Both trimmed to platemark; remargined w. Japanese.
= Hollstein 347 and 248, both 2nd and final state.
AND 4 similar engravings (each laid down on paper mount).
80 6455 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 surroundings of 
80 6455 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 surroundings of 
80 6455 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 surroundings of 
80 6455 Velde II Jan van de 1593 1641 surroundings of 
- Occas. sl. foxed.
= Hollstein 347-350 (Jan van de Velde II): "Not by Jan van de Velde, but by the same artist of the series of 12 oblong landscapes after Gillis van Scheyndel."
80 6456 Velde Adriaen van de 1636 1672 
- 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).
80 6457 Velde Esaias van de 1587 1630 after 
80 6457 Velde Esaias van de 1587 1630 after 
80 6457 Velde Esaias van de 1587 1630 after 
80 6457 Velde Esaias van de 1587 1630 after 
80 6457 Velde Esaias van de 1587 1630 after 
80 6457 Velde Esaias van de 1587 1630 after 
- Occas. some vague creases; 1x w. tiny marginal tear; all trimmed ±2 mm. outside borderline.
= Hollstein 41, copy a; Hollstein 38, copy a; Hollstein 35, copy a; Hollstein (after Van de Velde) 16; Hollstein 39, copy b, in reverse, 2nd state (of 2); Hollstein (after Van de Velde) 17. Rare complete series. Four on paper with foolscap watermark. Each with the collector's mark of Pieter Willem van Doorne on verso (Lugt 4731).
80 6458 Velde Esaias van de 1587 1630 after 
= Hollstein 19-21 and 23-27. Complete series of these later copies. Mostly with the collector's stamp of Pieter Willem van Doorne (Lugt 4731) and A.M. van den Broek on verso. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
80 6459 Velde Esaias van de 1587 1630 after 
80 6459 Velde Esaias van de 1587 1630 after 
80 6459 Velde Esaias van de 1587 1630 after 
80 6459 Velde Esaias van de 1587 1630 after 
80 6459 Velde Esaias van de 1587 1630 after 
80 6459 Velde Esaias van de 1587 1630 after 
- Landscape no. "2" w. sm. section near upper edge and upper right corner repaired, borderline in pen and ink; "2" and "6" punctured w. tiny holes for copying the composition; "3" sm. portion of lower right corner torn off, replaced in pen and ink; "6" section in upper part strengthened on verso; "5" w. sm. closed tear in lower right corner.
= Three prints with skaters on the ice. Hollstein 35 (copy a), 38 (copy a), 39 (copy b) and Hollstein (Anonymous after Esaias van de Velde) 16 and 17.
AND 1 other after the same: Landscape with a brewery (Hollstein 27, copy a).
80 6460 Velde Jacob van de 1744 1780 
80 6460 Velde Jacob van de 1744 1780 
= LNP 97; Van Huffel 35. Rare.
Labat, Gustave (1824-1917). (Rowing boats on the beach). Drawing, pen and ink and watercolour, 14,5x24,5 cm., signed "Gustave Labat" and "9 Juillet 1912" in lower right corner, under passepartout.
- Sl. yellowed; stain in outer left margin.
AND an anonymous 19th cent. black wash drawing (Man and child walking in a forest) (34x26,8 cm. Some marginal defects) and a brush and black ink drawing by Dirk Kerst KOOPMAN, "Scheene".
80 6461 Verboom Abraham ±1628 ±1670 
- Sl. agetoned, otherwise fine.
= On thin laid paper. Hollstein 1, the 2nd state (of 2). One of only five etchings known by Verboom, follower of Ruisdael.
80 6462 Vernet Charles 1758 1836 after 
- Strips of tape along edges (recto and verso).
= Rare and amusing print showing the inconvenience of wearing a wig whilst riding a horse. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXIII.
80 6463 Vernet Claude Joseph 1714 1789 after 
80 6463 Vernet Claude Joseph 1714 1789 after 
80 6463 Vernet Claude Joseph 1714 1789 after 
80 6463 Vernet Claude Joseph 1714 1789 after 
- All w. ample margins; occas. (sl.) yellowed/ trifle frayed/ trifle waterst. in blank margins; 1x browned and creased; 1x w. closed tear in centre.
= Comprises i.a. the ports of Languedoc, Marseille and Toulon. Under the title "peintre des marines de sa majesté", Vernet was commissioned by Louis XV in 1753 to paint fifteen views of the main ports of France. At that time the country was at war with England, and Louis specifically requested that the artist show off the economic activities and maritime strength of France. This rare series of engravings was created after those paintings. Despite its incompleteness, a desirable set. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXIII.
80 6464 Vinkeles Reinier 1741 1816 
- Tiny tear in outer upper blank margin.
= Splendid night piece. Provenance: the collection of A.M. van den Broek.
80 6465 Vinne Isaak van der 1665 1740 
80 6465 Vinne Isaak van der 1665 1740 
80 6465 Vinne Isaak van der 1665 1740 
80 6465 Vinne Isaak van der 1665 1740 
- Blank lvs. and backwr. w. 2 circular dents; otherwise contents fine. Wrappers worn along extremities.
= Extremely rare. Cf. Hollstein XXXVII, p.78, describing a similar album composed by Van der Vinne (1707) and p.80-222 listing the woodcuts in the album, also incl. woodcuts from the present album. See also C.H. Schuckman, "Gebruiksgrafiek bewaard: handelsmerken door Izaak Vincentsz van der Vinne", Doopsgezinde Bijdragen, nieuwe reeks nr.16 (1990), p.155-176. The marks are numbered by hand and have mottoes in a variety of European languages. The images show a large variety, with i.a. black people, Homer, a dancer, Atlas, a skater, town-views, ships, Jean Bart and a violin-player. The collection offers a fascinating view of the branche of Haarlem thread-merchants by the end of the 17th and the early 18th century. The variety of languages also gives an indication of the breadth of the trade. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXIV.