5741 - 5828 FINE ARTS - OPTICAL VIEWS and related prints and objects
- A few sm. unobtrusive stains/ foxed spots.
"La Maison des Orphelins et le Pont de l'Amstel à Amsterdam." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, w. engr. captions in Latin and French below image, Paris, Daumont, ±1770.
- Vague central fold; blank margins soiled.
"A View of Amsterdam taken from the Old Rampart." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. captions in English and French above and below image, Paris, Mondhard, 1752.
- Lower blank margin fingersoiled and sl. creased.
- (Water)stained and sl. soiled; margins sl. frayed.
ADDED: "Armement de Vaisseaux" and "Vaisseau prest a etre mis en mer".
- Both laid down on later board and sl. stained.
ADDED: an engr. view of Leidschendam.
= F.M. 5063. Showing the illuminations of the houses of W.C. Backer, J.F. d'Orville, H.W. Cramer, T. Otter and H. Muilman.
- Sl. foxed and frayed in ample margins.
"Gezicht van de oude zyds capel, t' Amsterdam". "Gezicht van de nieuwe Koren-Beurs tot Amsterdam". Two handcol. engr. optical views, without address. - ADDED: 7 other miscell. optical views, partly in poor condition, i.a. a view of Calais and a fantasy view of the city of Siras in Persia.
- Contemp. laid down on boards.
= Nice view, showing the invention of Van der Heyden, the unfilled Damrak in the background.
- Waterstain in lower right corner; otherwise trifle spotted.
ADDED: "47e Vue d'Optique Representant La Bourse de Roterdam" (Paris, Chereau).
- A few foxed/ dustsoiled spots, mainly in blank margins; upper right corner darkened.
"Le Palais et la Grande Place de Vienne." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. captions in French and Latin below image, Paris, Daumont, ±1770.
- Stained in title-section below image; borders frayed.
ADDED: 4 other optical views, most with defects and all trimmed to the borders.
- One print missing small portion of upper blank corner. = Sixt v. Kapff K331 and K332.
AND 2 prints from the story of the Prodigal Son, publ. by the same ("Abschied des verlohrnen Sohnes" and "Der verlohrne Sohn ein Schweinhirt". The first trimmed to image at top, the second to captions).
- Small waterstain in upper and some sl. spotting in lower blank margin, otherwise fine.
= Rare view of the Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate and the Collegio Montalto.
- Frayed in upper and lower margin; sl. waterstained in lower right corner, touching printer's address.
= Rare.
- Trifle spotted/ creased, otherwise fine.
= Nice views of the famous whirlpools in the Danube near the Wallsee castle.
- A few stains in sky area. Otherwise fine. = Sixt von Kapff K205.
ADDED: "Gesicht by de Doelen over de Korte Vijverberg, tot Gravenhaghe." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, w. engr. captions in Latin, Dutch, Italian and German, ibid., idem, late 18th cent.
- Upper blank margin cut short; sl. creased, frayed and fingersoiled.
= View of the Mauritshuis. Sixt von Kapff K216.
- Trimmed to the borderline/ captions and doubled w. limp board; vague waterstain in lower right corner.
= Attractive view. Sixt v. Kapff K 42.
- Blank margins sl. dust/ waterstained; sl. weak impression.
ADDED: "Rome dans sa Splendeur Ancienne". Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. captions in French and English above and below image, Paris, Daumont, ±1770.
- Blank margins dustsoiled and sl. creased.
AND 4 other handcol. optical views: one of Rome (frayed/ sl. dam.) and "Vue des Colleges Imperiaux et du Magazin des Marchandises de l'Orient à Petersbourg" (sl. dam. in caption below image); "Vue du Jardin de St. Ildephonse, en Espagne, prise à droite" (blank margins sl. creased) and "Vue perspective de la Ville et Forteresse Electorale de Koningstein, et de la Montagne de Lilienstein (...)" (margins frayed/ waterstained, affecting captions).
- Trifle spotted/ creased, otherwise fine.
- Waterstain in upper left corner, vaguely affecting the outer corner of the image.
= Sixt v. Kapff K 139.
- Lacks the captions.
= Sixt v. Kapff K 225; Cat. Harlemia illustrata 659: "Vogelvluchtgezicht op de stad vanaf het Zuider Buiten Spaarne. Links de Eendjespoort. Rechts de Schalkwijkerpoort. In het midden de Lange Brug met een groot zeilend schip ervoor".