6077 - 6162 FINE ARTS - OPTICAL VIEWS and related prints
- Sl. foxed.
= Nice view, showing the invention of Van der Heyden, the unfilled Damrak in the background.
- Blank margins sl. duststained. = Attractive view. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXIX.
"A General View of the city of Amsterdam from the Tye." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. captions below image in English and French, London, n.publ., 1760 (fine). - AND 4 others similar handcol. optical views, partly foxed, i.a. "Vue de la Tour des Pleureurs, à Amsterdam, du coté du Quai de Gueldre" (stained in left and upper margin) and "Gezicht van de Nieuwe Koren-Beurs, tot Amsterdam" (lower right blank corner browned).
- Except for one unobtrusive printing crease, all in fine condition.
= Rare set. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXX.
= Sixt v. Kapff K402.
AND 12 other handcol. optical views, mostly in mediocre condition, most laid down on board, i.a. "The Inside of St Peter's Church at Rome" (London, John Bowles, ±1770); "Le Jardin et l'Hotel d'Evreux (...)" (n.pl., n.publ., ±1770) and "Da lies ihn Gott der Herr aus dem Garten Eden, das er das Feld bauete davon"/ "Und Gott der Herr pflanzte einen Garten in Eden, und sezete den Menschen darein" (two optical views, Augb., ±1770. Both laid down and both partly browned).
- Trifle soiled; one sm. rubbed spot, otherwise a fine and nicely coloured copy.
- Sl. soiled; vertical fold.
- Sl. soiled; rubbed spots in back margins.
= Sixt v. K. K30.
- Sl. soiled; sm. piece of tape in upper margin; corners sl. frayed.
= Attractive view of the city of Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland). Sixt v. Kapff K25.
- Trifle frayed. = Nice view.
- Heavily restored in margins, affecting caption below image; thin spot in sky area; waterstained in lower left corner.
AND 6 other miscellaneous optical views, mostly in mediocre condition, i.a. "Vuë du Pont de Neptune dans la chateau de Seigneurie à Rheinsberg" (contemp. handcol. optical view, Augsb., ±1770. Similar defects to the preceding); "Vue du Pont-Neuf, à Amsterdam, du côté du Tai" (contemp. handcol. optical view, Augsb., ±1770. Margins soiled and traces of tape on verso) and "La Chiesa di S. Pietro col Palazzo Vaticano di Roma" (contemp. handcol. optical view, n.pl., ±1770. Doubled).
- Partly waterst. (mainly) in blank margins; sl. foxed; left lower corner of blank margin repaired w. paper; vague horizontal fold.
= Sixt v. Kapff K198.
"Gesigt van de Ketel- en Rotterdamsche Porten, der Stadt Delft, te zien van binnen de stadt." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view after J. VAN HAASTERT, numb. "268", captions in Dutch, French, Italian and German, Augsb., G.B. Probst, ±1750.
- Strenghtened w. paper on verso along borders; (sl.) foxed; a few sl. discoloured creases.
= Sixt v. Kapff K 199.
= Sixt v. Kapff, K 197.
AND 2 others, both optical views of Amsterdam.
- Blank margins w. tears; sl. foxed; waterstain in lower right corner not affecting the image; sm. stain on image.
"Gezicht van een gedeelte der Stad Dordrecht, van Meerdervoort te Zien". Contemp. handcol. optical view, w. engr. captions in Dutch and French below, n.pl., n.publ., ±1770.
- Strengthened w. paper on verso; soiled.
AND 1 other of Dordrecht: "Gezicht van de Rietdyksche naar de Groothoofts Poort te Dordrecht" (n.pl., ±1770, w. similar defects as the above).
- Doubled w. board; browned; foxed.
= Apart from the details, identical to the view with the same size by M. Sallieth after D. de Jong, from the Atlas van alle de Zee-Havens der Bataafsche Republiek (1781 or 1802-1805). Sixt v. Kapff K 206a.
- Trifle foxed. Otherwise fine. = Sixt v. Kapff K380.
- Without title-strip, but with "Vue d'un superbe Feu d'Artifice" in old hand in pen and ink on verso.
= Very nice effect when held to the light.
- Sl. soiled.
Vue perspective du Mont de la St. Vierge dit Frauen Berg a Francfort sur le Mein. Handcol. optical view, laid down on board, borders painted black (obscuring captions above and below), w. perforations backed w. col. paper for candle-light viewing, n.publ. (Paris, Basset), ±1770.
- Sl. soiled, mostly in margins.
- (Water)stains in blank margin, affecting the text; brown stains on verso.
= Sixt v. Kapff K 322.
''Et l'Eternel Dieu le mit hors du jardin d'Héden, pour labourer la terre, de laquelle il avait été pris''. Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. captions in Latin, French, Italian and German below, numb. "200" in upper right corner, Augsb., G.B. Probst, ±1770.
- Horizontal sl. discoloured crease; sl. soiled; sm. tear in upper blank margin. = Sixt v. Kapff K 324.