6112 - 6161 FINE ARTS - OPTICAL VIEWS and related prints and objects
- Two sm. tears in upper margin, 1x sl. penetrating the image; vague mould stains in upper left corner.
= Nice, panoramic view also showing the Damrak.
ADDED: "The Church of St. Mary Le Bow in Cheapside London". Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. caption in English and French below, without address, ±1770 (stained in upper left and upper margin).
- Trifle soiled/ stained. = Nice, panoramic view also showing the Damrak.
AND 2 other handcol. engr. optical views: "30e. Vue d'Optique nouvelle représentant Le Chateau du Bourguemestre Waker aux environs d'Amsterdam, Ville Capitalle de Hollande" (ibid., Huquier fils, ±1770) and "De Binnen Amstel, van de blaauwe brug naa het Diaken huys te zien tot Amstelodam" (Augsb., G.B. Probst, ±1770. Sixt v. Kapff K180).
- Trifle soiled/ stained. = Nice, panoramic view also showing the Damrak.
"'t' Stad Huys van Amsteldam." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. captions in Dutch, French, Italian and German, Augsb., G.B. Probst, ±1770.
- Yellowed. = Sixt v. Kapff K 181.
"'t Stadhuys van Amsteldam, van vooren aan te zien." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view by J.J. STELZER after P. VAN BLANKAERT, engr. captions in Dutch, French, Italian and German, Augsburg, Probst, ±1770.
- A few unobtrusive closed tears in lower margin (captions). = Nice and lively view. Sixt v. Kapff K 186.
AND 5 others of Amsterdam: "La Maison des Orphelins et le Pont de l'Amstel à Amsterdam" (Daumont), "De binnen Amstel van de blaauwe Brug naa de Amstel sluys te zien" (Probst), "Vue du Palais Royal à Amsterdam", "Gezicht van de nieuwe Koren-Beurs, tot Amsterdam" and "Gezicht na de Haarlemmer Port, te Amsterdam" (both without address; both mounted on board).
- Cut short in right margin, eliminating ±7 cm. of image and a few letters of caption; (sl.) soiled.
= From a broadside originally containing also 5 columns of 17 lines letterpress text below the captions. Despite the trimming at the right, a nice view of the Kloveniersburgwal, nicely adapted to a viewing box, with all the windows perforated and w. added lattices and curtains.
- Fine copy, two small stains in captions area. = Sixt v. Kapff K 183.
AND 4 other (smaller) engr. (optical) views of the same canal and tower (2x in reverse), all handcol., all framed, publ. Paris, J. Chereau/ Paris, Basset/ Augsb., M. Engelbrecht/ Amst., P. Schenk, all framed (2x together and unif. w. the above).
- Sl. foxed/ soiled. = View of the Kloveniers Burgwal towards the Waag on the Nieuwmarkt.
ADDED: "La communion des Anglicans à Saint Paul" (London), in ident. frame.
- Trifle soiled. = View of the Kloveniers Burgwal towards the Waag on the Nieuwmarkt.
"De Binnen Amstel, van de blaauwe brug naa het Diaken huys te zien tot Amstelodam." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. captions in Latin, French, Dutch and German below, Augsb., G.B. Probst, ±1770, framed.
- Vaguely waterst. in blank margins; sm. repaired tear in lower margin. = Sixt v. Kapff K180.
- Trifle browned; old paper tape on outer blank upper margin.
ADDED: 2 others, i.a. "Vue du Village de Maârsen en Hollande." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. French caption above and below, ibid., idem, ±1760.
- Sl. browned; laid down on board along upper edge.
- Captions mounted on verso. = Nice.
AND 1 other, also prepared for candle-light viewing (num. stars in the sky): "Vue d'Amsterdam prise di Vieux Rempart" (Paris, Daumont, ±1770).
- Closed sm. tear in upper margin; printer's flaw in lower part.
AND 1 other handcol. engr. optical view: "Vue de l'Ecluse d'Amstel regardant par le dehors d'Amsterdam" (ibid., Basset, ±1770).
- Mounted under passepartout.
AND 1 other optical view of the Vatican.
- Some sl. foxing; trimmed and remargined near the captions.
= The inhabitants of the village of Gonesse try to destroy the terrifying 'unidentified flying object' that had been launched 45 minutes earlier in Paris, on August 27, 1783. Liebmann/ Wahl 186. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CLVII.
- Waterstain in upper left corner; trifle stained.
= The Opera next to the royal palace. Spanish copy after the original published by Probst. Cf. Sixt v. Kapff K 13.
- Trimmed to the borderline and captions; sl. soiled/ spotted (mainly in margins).
= Nice view showing the Duomo and the baptistry.
- Vaguely waterstained in right margin.
"Prospect von der Churfürstl. Residenz-Stadt Maÿnz zwischen Rhein u. Maijn von Bingen aufwärts anzusehen." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view by B.F. LEIZEL, German and French captions, Augsb., Académie Impériale, ±1770.
- Sl. waterstained in right margin.
AND 1 other: "Vue perspective de la Ville et Chateau Electorale de Meissen avec ses environs (...)" (waterstained).
- Trimmed inside the left and to the right borderline; upper border painted black; waterstain in upper right corner.
ADDED 2 others, both prepared for candle-light viewing: a nice view of an (Italian) canal with rich palazzi and a print showing the massacre of the innocents "De Koning Herodes dood te Bethlehem en in alle des selfs Landpalen dooden alle Kinderen 2 jaaren oud en daar beneden" (title in contemp. ms. on verso).
- Part of backing paper lacking and replaced w. modern white paper; sl. soiled, mainly in blank margins; a few printer's flaws.
= Sixt v. Kapff K 223.
ADDED: "'t Buiten-Hof" (The Hague) (contemp. handcol. engr. view from DE RIEMER, doubled in margins and w. perforations touched w. colour).
- Laid down on board; remnants of former (later) mount on verso; caption cut off and mounted on verso.
= Fine view with many ships.
AND 13 others, i.a. "A North West View of St. Pauls Cathedral London" (London, R. Sayer. Caption reattached to lower border), "La Ville de Paris prise entre le Pont Royal et le Pont Neuf" (Augsb., G.B. Propst, framed. Vague stain in sky area, otherwise a fine copy. Sixt v. Kapff K 113), "Vüe du Pont neuf du côté du Pont St. Michel à Paris" (Paris, Daumont, framed), "Rome in it's [sic] Original Splendor" (Paris, Mondhare. Mounted view w. orig. captions attached to lower blank border; other view trifle foxed) and "Vue Perspective de la Grande Place du peuple, à Rome" (Paris, Huquier, framed. Trimmed).
- Vague darkening in left and right margins; sl. foxed below caption.
ADDED: "Prospect der Alten Kirche, der Stadt Delft." (some defects. Sixt v. Kapff K 200).
- Trifle foxed. = Nice views.