4919 - 5415 FINE ARTS - GRAPHIC ART, 16th-19th CENTURY
- Margins creased and sl. frayed. = Series produced between 1738 and 1760 with two variant borders.
- Professionally restored; doubled and remargined w. thin Japanse; lacks upper corners (the losses repaired w. matching paper and retouched by hand); a few grey spots in the image (possibly former foxed spots restored outer margins appear very brittle; vertical middle fold; some foxing on verso.
= With a small round (a circle?) watermark. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXVII.
- Sl./ trifle foxed; tipped onto mount. = Wittrock 87, one of 2000 copies.
= Atlas van Stolk 4214; F.M. 4266. "Open en toeslaande zinneprent op de geboorte van Prins Willem Frederik (later Koning Willem I). Eene kraamkamer, waarin eene baker het kind op schoot houdt, enz.; daaronder 9 achtregelige gegrav. Fransche strophen in 2 kol. Aan de keerzijde een gesloten ledikant, enz." (Muller). Rare transformation print.
ADDED: two small delicate circular paper cuttings (Ø4 cm.).
- Central vertical fold; sl. soiled.
= The hidden silhouettes of king George III and queen Charlotte of Great Britain and king Louis and queen Marie Antoinette of France.
- Trifle yellowed, otherwise fine. = Cf. Niemeijer 294 T, 312 T and 440 T.
- Trimmed to the borderline; tipped onto mount. = Niemeijer 699T.
Schouman, A. (1710-1792) (after). "Aftekening der Schilderye, op 't stadhuis te Dordrecht geplaatst ter gedachtenisse van de Overwinning by Chattum, in 't Jaar 1667, onder 't beleid van Kornelis de Wit, Ruwaard van Putten". Engraving by S. FOKKE, 17x24 cm., engraved caption below.
= FM 2277a.
Vennekool, J. (1632-1673). "Het Welfsel vande Groote Burger Sael". Engraving, 44x56 cm., Amst., F. de Wit, 1664.
- Mounted and folded; creased.
AND 5 other 17th/ 18th cent. engravings. - AND 10 circular etched/ engr. emblematical illustrations from various J. Cats editions.
- Upper left blank corner cut off. = Niemeijer 684T.
AND 3 other engravings after the same: "Huwelyks voorstelling aan de Ouders van Saartje Jansz.", "Hopman Ulrich, of de bedrogen gierigheid" and "De stiefmoêr".
- Some very vague folds; paper tearing along upper platemark.
= "Those who still could, went, those who could not, fell down". Drunk men leaving an inn in a city. Two men have started kissing.
Idem. "De listige vryster, of de verschalkte voogd." Engraving by P. TANJÉ, 36x26,6 cm., engr. captions in Dutch and French below, Amst., P. Fouquet, 1757.
- Yellowed.
Idem. "Het Amsterdamsche Kermis Feest". Engraving by J. HOUBRAKEN, 37x48 cm., engr. captions in Dutch and French below, Amst., P. Fouquet, 1757.
- Some marginal tears.
AND 4 others, i.a. "De Boeren Rechtbank te Puiterveen" after the same. - AND 16 steelengravings after i.a. J.M.W. TURNER, publ. London, J.S. Virtue, ±1860. - ADDED: 2 others.
- Doubled; sl. foxed. = F.M. 3985 (nr. 28); Niemeijer p.106, bb.
AND 1 other similar from the same work: "De Hollandsche kraam kamer".
= Niemeijer p.105-107, under J; and p.325, no.608T (with illustration).
= F.M. 3601-66; Atlas van Stolk 3521-66.
ADDED: 4 others, i.a. "Siege de Maestricht" (engraving by AUBERT after VANDERMEULEN, 19th cent.) and "Zeeslag voor Gibralter" (engraving, 2nd half 17th cent.).
- Tear in left blank margin. = F.M. 3550-15; Atlas van Stolk 3469.
"Vonnis van Apol over de bubbels." Engr. caricatural engraving, 26,5x34,5 cm., with Dutch text below in columns, from Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, 1720.
- Tear in upper blank margin. = F.M. 3576; Atlas van Stolk 3496.
AND 1 other from the same work: "De Inventeur der Wind-Negotie, op zijn Zeege-kar".
- Trifle fellowed. = F.M. 3550-15; Atlas van Stolk 3469.
AND 2 others from the same work: "De opgehulde Actionisten in hun eer en aanzien gesteld" (sm. tear) and "Verklaaring van't klyne Tafereeltje. 't Veelhoofdig schrikdier door elks vrye staat Goude appelen (...)."
- Cut just outside the platemark.
= The caption reads: "Dodici principali movimenti della Testa, per chi desidera intenderli nella pittura".
- A 19th cent. impression; sl. browned; a few professionally repaired tears in blank margins.
"Ordre de la Procession, pour la Canonization de quelques Saints, dans l'Eglise de St. Pierre, sous le Pontificat de Clement XI. en 1712." Engraving by B. PICART, 32,3x54,8 cm., engr. captions below image, from Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses des peuples du monde (±1725).
- Two vertical folds as published.
= Impressive view of the nave of St. Peter's church, the (lively) procession but a detail.
- First print sl. stained, mostly in blank margins; second print mounted and w. stain in image.
Bloemaert, A. (1564-1651). (Two men). Engraving, 17,9x14,2 cm., numb. "No.136" in lower right corner, from Het Tekenboek, 1740.
- A few foxed spots, once in image.
ADDED: 1 other by A. VAN DE VENNE (waterstained).
- Good margins. A sm. vague brown spot in the clouds region; thumbed in lower right corner.
= Hollstein 269, the 1st state (of 4), with the number "2" in lower right. With the collector's stamp of J.E. Wetterauer on verso (Lugt 3870).
AND 2 other etchings by the same, Hollstein 251 and 286.
- On thick paper; lower margin trimmed to the platemark; spots in lower left corner.
= From a series of 4 prints showing Wayfaring musicians. Hollstein 135.