5278 - 5354 FINE ARTS - OPTICAL VIEWS and related prints and objects
- Tipped onto mount, attached along the outer edges; sl. foxed. = Sixt v. Kapff K 310.
- Margins (sl.) frayed; soiled, waterstain in lower right corner and browned in margins; mounted on contemp. stiff paper and w. 18th century Dutch manuscript caption on verso.
- Margins (and caption) dust- and fingersoiled (image fine); a few sm. stains in the sky; laid down on contemp. stiff paper w. Dutch manuscript caption on verso.
= Rare and nice view, showing New York's (idealized) harbour, with shipbuilding, pleasure boats and commerce on the quay. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE C.
- Sl. soiled/ trifle rubbed. = Copy in reverse of a Probst-view (Sixt v. Kapff K132).
AND 1 other of London.
- Margins dust- and fingersoiled and sl. frayed; laid down on contemp. stiff paper.
AND 3 others, i.a. 2 others from the same series, with the same defects: "Prospectiva de la Puerta Real S. Dionisio de Paris" ("C1") and "El Palacio de las Thuilleries de la parte del iardin de Paris" ("C4") and "Vue de la Porte et Place Bourgogne dur le ort de la ville de Bordeaux" ("Bb5").
- Sl. fingersoiled.
AND: "Vüe Septentrionale de la grande Place dite de la Carrière à Nancy". Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, French caption, Paris, Daumont, ±1750, framed.
- Small tear in upper margin.
- Sl. (dust- and finger)soiled in margins; laid down on contemp. stiff paper w. Dutch caption on verso; lower margin cut to the platemark.
= Attractive view.
AND 4 other handcol. optical views with French views connected with the French royalty, probably all from the same series, all by the same publisher, numb. "r1", "r2", "r3" and "r5": "Vue du chateau de Belle Vuë", "Le Grand bassis au bout de la grande Allée des thuilleries a Paris", "Vue de la Place royales de Louis XV a Rheims" and "Vue perspective du de dans de la Chapelle Rorale de Versailles".
- Cut on the platemark.
= Spectacular fireworks on the present day Place de la Concorde, celebrating the Treaty of Paris.
"Vue et Perspective du Pont Neuf à Paris". Contemp handcol. engr. optical view, numb."58" in the plate, Augsb., G.B. Probst, ±1750.
- Three chips and closed tear in lower margin; sl. soiled.
AND 3 others, i.a. "Veue et perspective du Palais des Thuilleries" (engr. by ADAM PERELLE, ±1670) and "Les Boulevards d Paris pris de la Rue des filles du Calvaire en face de Belleville (w. the address of J. Chereau, ±1750).
- Margins cut short, with exception of the caption below.
= Complete (?) series of sinful passions executed by numerous satyrs. Perhaps by Balthasar Sigmunt Sedlezky, who also created a series of optical views with the lifes of satyrs, also after Gillot. Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE C.
- Lacks no.4 and 5. = City unidentified.
AND 8 other similar scenes, part of 3 or 4 perspective scenes, i.a. a hunting scene on mountain goats.
- Doubled; trimmed just inside the border.
AND 2 other contemp. handcol. optical views, i.a. "A North View of Westminster Bridge" (engr. by PARR, engr. captions in English and French below image, London, 1751, within black painted borders).
- With modern stamp "74" in lower right text margin.
= Attractive bird's eye view of the waters surrounding Portsmouth and Portsea Island. In the foreground a draughtsman is sketching.
AND 3 other optical views, i.a. of St. Pauls cathedral in London and part of the park of Earl of Burlington.
- With modern stamp "76" in lower right text margin. = From the series "Prager Prospect".
- Margins (dust- and finger)soiled, stained and frayed (mosty upper margin); laid down on contemp. stiff paper.
AND 2 others from the same series, w. similar defects: "El capitolio de Roma, con Escalera hacia la iglesia d'Araceli" (B2) and "Prospectiva de la plaça de Monte Cavallo a Roma" (B4).
- Mounted on thick paper; waterstain in upper left corner. Sold w.a.f.
ADDED: 3 other optical views of i.a. London.
- Upper margin heavily frayed, almost touching the image; margins finger- and dustsoiled; lower margin cut to the platemark; a few sm. inkstains in the sky; laid down on contemp. stiff paper w. Dutch manuscript caption on verso.
AND 3 others from the same series showing river scenes in Rome: "Vuë du Pont Sixte a Rome", "Vuë du Pont rompu et du Pont a quatre Têtes a Rome" and "Vuë du port de Ripa grande a Rome" (all in similar condition).