5056 - 5118 FINE ARTS - OPTICAL VIEWS
- Slightly yellowed; (closed) tear in text above.
"Prospectus Portus marini Urbis Genuae Vüe du Port de la Ville de Genes". Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. German and French captions below, Augsb., G.B. Probst, ±1760.
- Trifle foxed. = Sixt von Kapff K139.
- Trifle foxed; tiny hole in upper left corner. = Sixt von Kapff K319.
= Sixt von Kapff K208.
= Cat. Harlemia Illustrata 660.
"Aquaeductus Harlemensis, quo navigia meant Amstelodamum". Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view by J.J. STELZER, w. engr. Latin, French, Italian and German captions above and below image, numb. "237", Augsb., G.B. Probst, ±1760.
- Laid down on board.
= Rare view of the Haarlemmertrekvaart. Sixt v. Kapff 226a; cat. Harlemia illustrata 658. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
= Rare view of the Schalkwijkerpoort. Sixt v. Kapff K225; cat. Harlemia illustrata 659.
= Sixt v. Kapff K226b.
AND 1 similar publ. by the same: "De Haven en Reede van Hellevoetsluis" (Sixt v. Kapff K227a).
- Some foxed spots; closed tear in upper margin touching the image.
"A View General of the City of Havana of Amerique." Handcol. engr. optical view, engr. text in French (in reverse) above and English and French captions below image, ibid., Huquier, ±1770.
- Slightly waterst.; frayed; closed tear in right margin touching the image.
ADDED: a similar optical view of the harbour of Cartagena in Spain: "Vue de l'Embarquement de l'Infante d'Espagne (...)".
= All nice harbour views with many ships.
- Fine.
= Very nice panoramic view, the castle with gardens in the foreground. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLI.
- Trifle waterst. in blank margins.
AND 1 similar optical view publ. by the same: "Jerusalem, Ville capitale de la Palestine sous David et Salomon, et sy celebre par son Temple (...)".
- Small stain in upper right corner, otherwise fine. = Rare. Sixt v. Kapff K123.
- Trifle browned. = Pleissenburg Castle was built in the 13th century and demolished in 1897.
- Some foxed spots; trifle waterst. in lower margin; 2 printing flaws. = Sixt v. Kapff K128.
AND 2 similar optical views of the interior of the St. Paul's cathedral (publ. by J.F. Leizelt and Basset).
- Laid down on board; 2 grease stains.
AND 1 similar optical view: "Vue de l'Hospital Greenwich, sur la Thamise" (ibid., Daumont, ±1770).
- A few foxed spots; otherwise fine.
- Blank margins partly waterst. (just touching image); upper right corner sl. dam.
AND 4 other contemp. handcol. engr. optical views of London, all w. (marginal) defects, i.a. "Vuë de l'Hotel du Lord Maire, qui comprend la Facade, et le Côte Occidental de Londres"; "Prospectus palatii regii Somerseti cum Ecclesia S. Mariae Londini" (some mouldy foxing) and "Aspecturs Hortoru Domini Hamillon versus pontem Faesis prope Londinum".
- Occas. trifle creased/ sl. soiled; 1x laid down on board; 1x sm. closed holes in the image.
= Comprises "General Prospect von der Stadt London", "Prospect von der Königlichen Mauth in London", "Der Pallast oder Residenz des Erzbisschoffs von Canterbury (...)", "Der Tower" and "Prospect von dem Königl. Pallast zu St. Iames". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLII.
- Both sl. waterst. in blank margins; 1x frayed.
AND 4 similar optical views by other publishers, i.a. "Le Port de Marseille" (Paris, Daumont, ±1770).
- Waterstained in left part. = Rare view showing many ships in the harbour of Martinique.
= View of Meissen and the Albrechtsburg where the Meissen porcelain factory was housed from 1710 to 1863.
- Trimmed near the captions, eliminating the address; small number in ballpoint in left blank margin.