5350 - 5380 FINE ARTS - CATCHPENNY PRINTS and POPULAR PRINTS
- Waterstained. = KVCS, p.833 (Ulrich), no.18. Children playing.
Floskaartjes. Catchpenny print w. 36 handcol. woodcut ills., each w. caption below, ibid., Erve Wijsmuller, ±1840.
= Cf. Papertoys, p.116-119 (after the print by J.J. Delanier, publ. by Brepols).
AND 2 others w. the address of J.A. Aldag.
- Creased; frayed; vaguely (water)stained. = KVCS, p.791 (Noman 6).
- Tipped in on paper. = Woodcut shows Haarlem on fire.
"Zegenwensch, aan onze waarde Heeren en Meesters, voorstanders en beschermers der nutte Boekdruk-kunst". Broadside w. woodcut initial, leaf 56,5x44 cm., Haarlem, H. Bruyn en Comp.,1789, folded. "Nacht-waakers Nieuwejaars-gift Geschonken aan de Burgery van Haarlem". Broadside w. woodcut ill. (12x7,5 cm.), leaf 33,2x22 cm., ibid., J. Met and Meylink, 1800. "Nieuwejaars Zegenwensch; Van de Aansteekers der Lantaarnen, geschonken aan onze Medeburgers der Stad Haarlem Op den Eersten dag van 't Jaar 1833". Broadside w. woodcut ill. (7x8,7 cm.) above letterpress text, leaf 33,6x20,8 cm., ibid., idem, 1833.
- Woodcut ill. lacks sm. portion.
AND 9 other 19th cent. New Year's wishes, all published in Haarlem.
- Folded twice; wormholed in upper and lower margin. = KVCS, p.769 (no.40).
- Folded twice; waterstains in margins.
= The coming of age of a woman, from her baptism until her marriage. Showing various activities of a young lady, mostly handwork or crafts. KVCS, p.737 (no.42).
AND 2 others by the same publisher: "Beschouw dit Kinder-Spel, tot Uw Vermaak ô Jeugd, Dog hou vooral in 't Oog, de Schoone blanke Deugd" (no.118, children's games) and "Geboorte van des Waerelds Heyland" (no.106, bible scenes).
- Browned; folded twice. = KVCS p.770 (no.53).
"Door kunst, door zorg, door vlyt, bestaat de maatschappy. Bestaat ons vaderland, leerd dit ô jeugd! van mij". Catchpenny print w. 24 woodcut ills., each w. 1-line caption below, ibid., Erve H. Rynders, ±1790.
- Folded; sm. holes/ tears in fold.
AND 4 other catchpenny prints, all (late) 19th cent.
- Partly w. (sm.) defects (frayed/ brittle etc.); a few prints laid down/ tipped onto mount.
= Various subjects. I.a. published by Glennison & Van Genechten (Turnhout), Brepols & Dierckx Zoon (ibid.), Gordinne (Liege), Noothoven Van Goor (Leyden) and J. Schuitemaker (Purmerend).
- Folded and creased; sl. stained and soiled.
= Very rare New Year's wish from the St. Sebastian shooter's guild of Antwerp(?). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXV.
WITH a facsimile of the print (publ. Antw., 1938).
- Lower margin cut short (and restored) w. sl. loss of image; sl. foxed and a few tiny holes; contemp. manuscript text on verso.
AND a similar new year's wish from the Antwerp shooter's guild (18th cent.).
- Waterstain in left blank margin; horizontal fold. = Probably a New Year's wish spread by invalids.
AND 18 other similar New Years wishes and "Kermis wenschen" and a Coppermonday print.
= New Years wishes: Vuilnis-Karmans (Amst., 1846), Courant-ombrengers (Amst., 1856), Raad van den Nachtwacht (n.pl., 1859), Gas-lantaarn-opstekers (Purmerend, 1863), Straatreinigers (Amst., 1868), Tamboers der stedelijke schutterij (Nijmegen, 1868) and Omroepers (Purmerend, 1881). Kermiswensen: Invalids (n.pl. (Amst.?), n.d.), Asch-Karmans (Monnickendam, n.d.), Porders (Amst., 1848 and 1861), Waldiepers/ Mest-karremans Kermis-Wensch (both Amst., 1854), Nachtwachts Kermis-wensch (Uithoorn, 1857), Gasopsteker (Amst., 1859) and Straatreinigers (Amst., 1866). And a coppermonday print by "Gezellen ter boek-drukkerij van Johannes Scheffers (Haarlem, 1824).
- Folded three times w. a few tears in folds; upper right corner dam. (not affecting image); a few waterstains in margins; rather clumsily handcol.
= Rare. KVCS, p.771 (no.71).
- Lvs. brittle; all (sl.) frayed in margins.
AND ±50 other catchpenny prints, mostly ±1900, i.a. by Brepols & Dierickx.
- Partly sl. defective. = KVCS (Schuitemaker), p.815ff.
AND ±20 other Dutch catchpenny prints, publ. i.a. by P.C.L. van Staden (Amst.).
- Folded twice. = KVCS, p.782 (Uitgaven Hendrik Van der Putte en opvolgers, no.22).
- Contemp. manuscript caption in pen and ink above image; sl. creased; flattened vertical fold.
- Trifle creased; a few unobtrusive foxed spots.
- Sl. yellowed; trifle foxed.
= Cf. Sytova 100: "Prince Bova and his wife Druzhevna are the leading characters in a story known in Russia since the sixteenth century (...). There was a big demand in the nineteenth century for prints depicting various episodes of the story, especially the combat of Bova and Palkan, half-man and half-horse, the Russian equivalent of a centaur."
"Pesnya starika" (The song of the old man). Thumbcol. lithogr. lubok, 30x36 cm., lithogr. caption below, Moscow, A. Morozov, 1872.
- Sl. yellowed; trifle creased.
- Formerly folded; sl. foxed.
= De Meyer 20; KVCS p.810 (Erve Rynders 20). The images shows Saint Nicolas on his horse in the street, but also twice on the rooftops.