5733 - 5857 FINE ARTS - OPTICAL VIEWS
- Occas. sl. frayed/ (vaguely) waterst.
AND 4 others similar (incl. 1 duplicate), i.a. "La Maison de Orphelins et le Pont de l'Amstel à Amsterdam" (Paris, Daumont, ±1760. Vertical fold in centre; trifle creased) and "Vue de la Porte d'Utrecht à Amsterdam" (uncol., Augsb., "au Negoce commun (...)", ±1770. Doubled).
= (Very) rare view. Sixt v. Kapff K185. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.
AND 5 others, incl. 4 views of Amsterdam (2x handcol. optical views), i.a. "Gezigt van den Amstel-Sluys ziende na buyten tot Amsteldam (...)".
- One print sl. creased; 1x w. scattered sm. waterstains and 3 tears in margins just touching the image; 1x vaguely waterst.
AND 3 others similar, i.a. "Gezicht van de Nieuw markt te Amsterdam" (without address, ±1770. Some foxing; sm. closed tears in blank margin) and "Le Chateau du Bourguemestre Waker aux environs d'Amsterdam, Ville Capitalle de Hollande" (Paris, Huquier fils, ±1770).
- First print w. sm. waterst. in lower right blank corner; 2nd print w. 2 false creases. Good/ fine copies.
- Lower left blank corner creased; otherwise fine.
"38.e Vuë d'Optique Nouvelle, Representant la Place et l'Eglise des Augustins à Ausbourg." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. caption in French above and below, Paris, J.F. Chéreau, ±1795 (fine). - AND 2 others similar: "Prospect des Herkules Brunnen in Augsburg" and "Prospect des Kayser Augustus Brunnen" (both Augsb., "au Negoce commun (...)", ±1770. Doubled; soiled in blank margins).
- Doubled; sl. fingersoiled and dampstained; some sm. dam. spots (silverfish?) in lower margin.
= Feith 78f.
AND 2 others from the same series, in a similar condition: "Prospect von der Bastion Perl längst der Courtine des Castells Batavia gezeichnet." (Feith 78e) and "Die Innere Aufsicht des Castells in Batavia nebst der Schloss Kirche. Vuë interieure du Pallais de Batavie avec l'Eglise du Chateau." (Feith 78c).
- Frayed; creased in blank margins; contemp. manuscript caption in Dutch below. = Sixt v. Kapff K 324.
AND 5 others similar, i.a. "Vale Filii deperditi" and "Filius deperditus subulcus" (ibid., idem, ±1770. Both trimmed w. loss of address. Sixt v. Kapff K 346 and 348).
- All good/ fine. = Sixt v. Kapff, K185-K190.
- Lacks numb. 190; no. 185 w. two inkstains; margins partly w. foxed spots, sl. soiled.
= Sixt v. Kapff K325-336. With Dutch captions in pen and ink in lower margin.
- Occas. sl. creased/ stained in blank margins. = Sixt v. Kapff K 325-331.
- Each print vaguely waterst. in outer upper right corner/ w. foxed spots (both mainly in blank margin) and w. sm. cuts in left blank margin/ 1x stain in centre; all frayed/ w. ample margins. Nevertheless most images fine.
= Rare series, with story of the prodigal son set in an opulent 18th cent. setting.
- Each print partly waterst. and w. 2 sm. holes in left blank margin; sl. creased/ frayed; first print w. tear in upper blank margin, just touching the border line.
= Rare series, with the story of the prodigal son set in an opulent 18th cent. setting.
- All w. Dutch titles in contemp. manuscript in (2x sl. yellowed) lower margin.
= "Licencia del Hijo Prodigo", "El hijo prodigo bive luxuriosamente", "El hijo prodigo porquero", "El hijo prodigo volve a su padre pidiendo perdon", "Regozijo del padre por haver hallado al hijo".
- Both prints blank margins sl. foxed/ stained and w. paper tape from former mounting.
ADDED: 1 other.
- Lower caption stained. Otherwise fine.
AND 3 others from the same series, all with the same size and the same publisher, all handcol. and all in fine condition: "Zweijte fürstellung von der Stadt Bethlehem wie Christus daselbst in einem Stall geboren und von den Hirten zuerst angebetet worden."/ "Prospect von der Stadt Bethlehem, wie die 3 Weissen aus Morgenland (...) dahin kommen um das neugebohrne Iesus Kindl alda anzubeten (...)" and "Prospect von Bethlehem wie auf Befehl des König Herodes die Knäblein in Bethlehem grausamer Weise ermordert worden in Hoffnung das neugeborne Jesus Kindl als vermeindten künftigen König in Israel dardurch ausrotten zu können."
- First print upper blank margin section cut off (restored); 2nd print w. 3 vertical creases.
- Small wormhole in left part of sky; sl. creased.
AND 2 others similar: "Le Bassin du havre Vu du Bureau des Constructions royales." "Le port du Havre, Vu de la Citadelle sur le Bastion du Roi." Two contemp. handcol. engr. optical views by B.F. LEIZELT after N. OZANNE, both w. engr. caption in French above and captions in French and German below, Augsb., "au Negoce commun (...)", ±1770 (both fine).
- Slightly creased/ foxed in (blank) margins. = Sixt v. Kapff K 89.