5510 - 5732 FINE ARTS - DUTCH TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
- Trifle browned; previously folded.
= Van der Heijden 219, 2nd state of 5 (numb. "38" in upper right corner). Fine map with extensive legend and indicating a number of historical (sea) battles.
AND a copy of "A Chart of the British Channel and the Bay of Biscay, with a Part of the North Sea, and the Entrance of St. George's Channel" (handcol. engr. map by DIQUEMARE and L.S. DE LA ROCHETTE, London, W. Faden, 1782, 2nd ed. Sl. dam.; sl. frayed; doubled and strengthened on central fold and along margins).
- Upper margin and middle fold strengthened on verso; some grey areas and sl. grey impression; (sm.) tears in lower (blank) margin, partly affecting image; sl. yellowed.
= Attractive map of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg, with the North orientated to the right. Van der Heijden 126, first state (of 4) (Spanish text on verso).
= Van der Heijden 72a.
- Yellowed; sl. foxed; gluestains/ traces of tape in blank margins.
= Van der Heijden 64, the 3rd state (of 3); Koeman/ Van der Krogt 3000:2.2. Very nice map, originally published in 1608 with figured borders. Used in the Atlas of 1630 and subsequent editions in second and third state, without these borders (except for the narrow ornamental border at the bottom). The cartouche in the lower right corner reads "Ghedruckt t'Amsterdam, bij Willem Blaeu op't Water inde vergulde Zonnewyser". "Lest he should be confused with his formidable rival Johannes Janssonius, it was probably in the course of 1640 that Willem Jansz. changed his signature on the general map of the Netherlands into Willem Blaeu." (Van der Heijden).
= Van der Heijden/ Blonk 24, the 3rd state (of 3), but with the later date "1692". The engr. title in title-strip above image reads: "Provinces-Unies des Pays-Bas scavoir le Duché de Gueldre, les Comtes de Hollande, Zeelande, Zutphen, Les Seigneuries d' Utrecht, Over-Issel, Groningue, et Ouest-Frise, avec leurs Acquisitions dans La Flandre, Le Brabant, Le Limbourg, et Le Lyège (...)."
- A few tears in upper blank margin.
AND 4 others, i.a. "Summaria descriptio Fresiae Universae" and "Frisiae Liberae à Flevo in Lavicam" (2 engr. maps w. (large) title-cartouche by M. ALTING, ±1720).
- The plates only; lacks letterpress title-p. Endpapers and covers (sl.) foxed; final 2 plates margins repaired/ strengthened w. paper; otherwise fine.
= Fine series of views.
= Van der Heijden/ Blonk 66. First inset map showing i.a. "Niew Iorck", "Niew Iarsey", "'t Lange Eyland", "Manhattan" and "Pensylvania".
"Holland". Handcol. engr. map by S.J. NEELE, 51,5x61 cm., from A New General Atlas (Edinb., 1817).
- Sl. yellowed. = Cf. Van der Heijden 55.
AND 2 engr. maps w. handcol. borders by J. RUSSELL, "The Seven United Provinces of Holland, Groningen, Gelders, Friesland, Overyessel, Utrecht, and Zealand. From the best authorities" and "Netherlands. Drawn from the best Authorities" (±1800. Both maps trimmed to the border line; first map sl. browned and sl. creased/ dam. in lower right corner).
- Middle fold w. a few sm. tears (partly closed on verso); vertical crease; sl. frayed.
= Van der Heijden/ Blonk 89, first state (of 6).
"Tabula comitatus Hollandiae cum ipsius confiniis, dominii nimirum Ultraiectini nec non Geldriae et Frisiae". Handcol. engr. map, large dec. title-cartouche in upper left corner, 58,2x49,5 cm., ibid., idem, 1733.
- Horizontal crease above middle fold; a few (closed) marginal tears, sl. affecting image.
= Blonk-van der Wijst 82.
- Fold. as published; sm. hole/ tear in (intersection of) folds.
ADDED: "Holland" (handcol. engr. map w. dec. cartouche, from F. HALMA and M. BROUËRIUS VAN NIDEK, Tooneel der Vereenigde Nederlanden en onderhorige landschappen, ibid., 1725).
- Second print foxed, mostly in margins; first print margins cut ±0,5 cm. outside the platemark.
AND 4 other topographical views.
- Without the "bladwijzer"; incl. several variant editions of one and the same map.
= The Waterstaatskaart van Nederland was produced by initiative of A. van Egmond, superintendant of the Haarlemmermeerpolder. In a letter addressed to the KIVI (Koninklijk Instituut van Ingenieurs) he stated the need to compile a work that would provide a clear general overview of the state of the water management in The Netherlands. By 1891, a total of 183 maps had been published which were revised and reissued up until 1992. See at large: M. Blauw, Geschiedenis van de Waterstaatskaart van Nederland, 1865-1992 (Utr., 2003).
- Ends of middle fold sl. creased (paper/ printing flaw); sm. waterstain in upper left blank corner.
= Van der Heijden 252, 2nd state (of 4).
- Laid down on board mount; trifle browned.
ADDED: "Europa". Partly handcol. engr. map, dec. title-cartouche, 18x23,3 cm., Paris, N. Sanson, ±1720.
- One map sl. foxed.
= Aalst, Amsterdam, Hilversum, Rotterdam ("No 2. Stad"), Rucphen, Valkenswaard and Waalre.
- Partly (sl.) waterst./ and dustsoiled (mostly in outer blank margins).
= Plates from the uncoloured edition. Cf. Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 283.
- Two vague oblique folds in upper right corner; vague vertical crease in centre; a few foxed spots.
= The first detailed map of Aruba, "gevolgd naar de opmeting in den jare 1820 gedaan, onder directie van den Kapitein ter Zee W.A. van Spengler en in den jare 1825 met verscheidene nieuwe bepalingen verrykt door den Kapitein R.F. van Raders". In 1773 a large map on seventeen sheets was made, which showed only the island's coastline. The present map was made after the Netherlands regained possession of 'Curaçao en Onderhorigheden' in 1816. Up-to-date reports and maps of Curaçao and Bonaire were soon made, but a survey of Aruba had to wait until 1820, when Captain Van Spengler, port warden of Curaçao from 1816 onwards, offered to perform this task. A copy of his manuscript map eventually found its way to the 'Departement van oorlog of Koloniën' in The Hague. In 1824, news arrived in The Hague that gold was found on Aruba. Immediately, Captain R.F. van Raders was sent to the island to investigate. During his three visits to Aruba in 1824 and 1825, Van Raders carried Van Spengler's map or a copy of it, and added new information to it concerning the gold mining. In 1825, this manuscript map was made in print. For extensive information on the mapping of Aruba in this period, see Caert Thresoar 2009-3, p.65-70.
- Partly (sl.) foxed (incl. wr.). Spine strengthened w. paper tape; upper outer corner of frontwr. sl. chipped.
= Rare.
- Blank margins sl. creased and stained.
= From a rare series of 6 views of Nijmegen. Otto von der Howen, originally from Courland, Latvia, was until his retirement, after several military commissions, the military commander of the city of Nijmegen and an avid draughtsman.
= F.M. 4960a and 4964b. Both nice engravings.
AND 2 engr. battle views of Naarden, i.a. "De belegering en het overgaen der stad Naerden, en het uyt-trecken der Franse den 12 september 1673" (from L. VAN DEN BOS, Tooneel des oorlogs, 1675).