5326 - 5459 FINE ARTS - OPTICAL VIEWS and related prints and objects
- Wooden top lacks sm. portion at the front; some scattered bumps; however mostly fine.
= Nice smaller size and uncommon viewing box, also called "Rarekiek" in Dutch, for domestical use. Supplied with an optical view prepared for candlelight viewing: "Vue perspective du Marché au Vin vers l'Eglise de S. Ulrie le long du Magazin du sel Auguste à Augsburg" (Paris, Basset, ±1770).
- One sl. worn and doubled; the other trifle yellowed.
- Trifle yellowed; handcolouring sl. faded; sl. soiled in outer left and right blank margin.
- Lacks 1 view; 1x w. closed tear in lower blank margin; 1x w. browned blank margins.
- Doubled; fold and (closed) tear in upper left blank corner.
"Vue du Pont de Westminster du coté du Nord". Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, caption and address engr. below image, Paris, N.J.B. de Poilly, ±1760.
- Doubled.
AND 1 other optical view of London (doubled; soiled).
- Some minor imperfections in outer blank margins; otherwise fine.
= Attractive view of the Mansion House (residence of the Lord Mayor of London) and its surrounding streets.
"Vuë de la Maison de Northumberland à Charing Cross de Londres." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view by B.F. LEIZELT, engr. text (in reverse) in French above and French caption below, ibid., idem, ±1750 (foxed; lower margin unevenly trimmed). - AND 2 others similar, i.a. "Hôtel du Lord Maire à Londres" (Paris, Hocquart, ±1750).
- One title ("Vuë de la Ville et du Port de Londre") cut off and laid down on verso; both sl. soiled.
ADDED: 4 others, all miscell. views, each w. perforations backed w. handcol. paper for candle-light viewing or paper w. watercolour illustrations (some w. damages).
- Closed tear in lower part, just touching the image. = Sixt von Kapff K67.
"Prospect des Parade u. des Promenade Plazes zu Manheim, nebst des Mauth= Post= und Wirthshaußes genannt der Pfälzische Hof." Contemp. handcol. optical view by J.F. RIEDEL, engr. French text (in reverse) above and German and French captions below, ibid., "au Negoce comun (...)", ±1760 (doubled).
- Trifle dustsoiled in upper part. = Delicately cut and with some refined drawings.
- Laid down on board.
"Prospectus Palatii urbis Marsilice, partisque Portus". Handcol engr. optical view, engr. Latin and Italian captions below, without address, ±1770. - AND 2 similar optical views by other publishers, i.a. "Prospectus comeatus Marselliensis" (Augsb., G.B. Probst, ±1770).
- Two vague stains; nice handcolouring.
= Sixt v. Kapff K230. Apart from the details, identical to the view of 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).
AND 1 nicely handcoloured optica-style view of ships by the coast of Den Helder (laid down, lacks captions).
- Trifle browned; (vague) oblique and vertical fold.
= Sixt v. Kapff K230. Apart from the details, identical to the view of 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).
= Rare. Sixt v. Kapff K232.
- Trifle browned in right part; sm. closed tear in centre; a few tiny burn holes in lower margin outside the image.
= Sixt v. Kapff K234.
AND 1 other similar: "Vue de la Ville et du Canal de Middelburgh capitale de la Zelande" (Paris, Basset, ±1770).
- Ample margins; a few vague folds in blank margins.
AND 2 others similar, publ. by the same and J.B. Probst: "Vüe des Côtes de Zelande, du côté du Nord" and "Vue de la Maison de Ville de Vlissingen" (lacks blank margins and the larger part of the captions).
- Trimmed 0,5 cm. outside captions/ image; fine.
AND 1 other similar publ. by the same: "Bataille de Berghem gagnée par les troupes de France aux ordres de Mr. le Mar.al Duc de Broglie sur l'Armée des Alliés le 13 Avril 1759".
- A few foxed spots. = Very rare optical view.
AND another optical view of Moscow, publ. by the same: "Die Rothe Ehrenpforten in Moscau" (damaged).
- Trifle yellowed; upper blank margin strengthened on verso. = Rare.
- Some foxed spots and a few tears in blank margins. = Sixt v. Kapff K311.
AND 1 other similar: "Iamcefu." (by F.X. HABERMANN, ibid., "aux Depenses du Negoce (...)", ±1760).