5510 - 5732 FINE ARTS - DUTCH TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
- Rotterdam and Amsterdam plates sl. foxed/ fingersoiled. Otherwise very fine.
= Cat. NHSM p. 319, Tiele 3. The second edition, enlarged with views of Batavia and Onrust. The first edition (without text) was published in 1802. Comprises i.a. views of the sea-harbours of i.a. Amsterdam (2x), Rotterdam (2x), Texel, Edam, Middelburg and Hoorn and plates depicting whaling and herring fishery.
- Three vertical folds; left margin trimmed on the border line.
= "(...) waar op afgetekend zyn de meest Uitgeveende en wederom met Bagger volgeloopen sudzige en driftige Rietlanden tusschen het Oost Einder Dykie of Voet Pad [presently the Oosteinderweg] en het Groote Haerlemmer of Leidsche Meer". Issued with the resolution of 19 July 1774 (not present). Van den Brink 135; Koeman, Handleiding 38. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Fine copy. = Hameleers I, 113; cf. d'Ailly 272-276. Rare plan.
- Folds as published; sl. foxed.
- Right part sl. yellowed.
WITH: 4 engr. portraits of mayors of Amsterdam from J. WAGENAAR, Vaderlandsche historie. - ADDED: 2 panoramic views of Vlaardingen, from Hedendaagsche Historie.
- One large and 3 sm. closed tears in lower part/ (blank) margin. = Hameleers 30.
"Kaart der Landeryen, gelegen aan of onder de Honderd Gaarden (...)." Engr. map by B. VAN GROENDYCK, 4 cartouches, inset map and compass rose, 29,5x59 cm., from J. WAGENAAR, ±1760. - AND 11 engr. views, mostly from C. COMMELIN, Beschryvinge van Amsterdam (1693/ 1694) and O. DAPPER, Historische Beschryving der Stadt Amsterdam (1663). - ADDED: 2 others.
= Hameleers 119.
- Some unobtrusive foxed spots. Not examined out of frame.
= Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views as described by R.W.P. de Vries (auction December, 1925). "De stad in het begin der 18e eeuw. Complete serie der 25 stadsgezichten door de Leth, Schenk e.a. (...) Het is een kleurrijk beeld van het leven en bedrijf der stad in den aanvang der 18e eeuw, zooals men nergens in dergelijke veelzijdigheid ziet". Collectie Dreesmann I, p.235; cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 275.
= Impressive and decorative view. The original engraving showing the original wooden Corn Exchange before it was renewed in 1768. Cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 292.
= Impressive and decorative view. The renewed engraving showing the renovation of the Corn Exchange into a stone building. The building was demolished in 1884, a year after the damming of the part of the Damrak between the Papenbrugsteeg and the Oude Brug. Collectie Dreesmann I, p.88; cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 292.
= "Buitenkant (Nieuwe-Waals Eiland). Zeemanshoop"; "Buitenkant. De nieuwe stadsherberg" and "Entrepôt-dok".
AND 1 other: "Afbeelding van den Brand des Amsterdamschen Schouwburgs", from J. FOKKE, Historie van den Amsterdamschen schouwburg (Amst., 1772. Yellowed). - ADDED: 9 others, i.a. "Vue de La-Haye" (handcol. lithograph by J.-B. MADOU, ±1825) and "'T dorp Ooster Leek tusschen Hoorn en Enkhuizen uit de Zuider Zee te zien" (engraving by K.F. BENDORP, 1793).
- Owner's stamp on upper pastedown; first and last free endpaper foxed/ sl. browned. All views fine.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- All views fine. = Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
= Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 381 ("the first Dutch topographical work published with (coloured) aquatint plates"); Nijhoff/ Van Hattum 217. Very fine and rare print, originally published in instalments: "Numan could (...) paint subtle water-colours and, in 1793, sent out a circular letter with two coloured prints of two mansions, inviting subscriptions for a whole series of such pictures. During the period 1793-1797, he published this series of extremely fine engravings (...)" (Landwehr, p.37f). Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Print w. folds.
= The booklet warranted with signature by the publisher. In 1804, the French panorama painter and one of the pioneers in this field, Pierre Prévost (1746-1823), painted the first panorama of Amsterdam. It depicted the city in winter with freshly fallen snow, as seen from the Montelbaanstoren. After being exhibited in Paris, it was shown in 1806 on the Botermarkt (now Rembrandtplein) operated by bookseller and publisher Pieter Johannes Uylenbroek. D'Ailly 228.
"Afbeelding van het aloude slot tot Muyden, met zyn rondom leggende fortificatie-werken, Aan de Hoek der Zee-dyk en Vecht, West Zyde, te zien". Engraved view, 20x31,4 cm., Amst., A(rnoldus) Olofsen, 1743.
- Lower right corner repaired; a few sm. closed marginal tears; soiled. = Rare view.
"Afbeelding van de plaats geschikt tot de Jaarlyksche exercitie der Slangbrandspuyten binnen Amsterdam, aldaar geschiedende voor en op de Beurs (...)". Engraving, 30,4x12,4 cm., 1735.
= Plate 23 from the edition of 1735 of het Brandspuitenboek by Jan van der Heyden.
AND 7 sm. others.
- Waterst. in right margin. = F.M. 5124a.
AND ±20 other views of Amsterdam, incl. a few duplicates, i.a. of the Waag by Daniël VRIJDAG after Reinier VINKELES and views from FOUQUET.
- Incl. a few sl. dam. views (split or sl. dam. on former central fold).
= Mostly plates from the main 18th cent. works on Amsterdam (Wagenaar and Commelin).
ADDED: 10 others, partly not related.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIX.
- Ample margins. Vague waterstain in centre of upper part; sl. foxed; sm. dam. spot in blank upper margin.
= Very rare and decorative view. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIX.
- Folded; sl. dustsoiled and creased in corners and edges of fold.
= F.M. 7356. Rare print depicting the procession held on occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Kingdom of The Netherlands.