82/6202 Laan, Adolf van der (1684-±1755). Groote vissery. Complete series after S. VAN DER MEULEN, consisting of 33 engravings: title on 1 leaf and 2 series of each 16 prints devoted to the catching, processing, sale etc. of resp. whale and herring, captions in Dutch and English (1st series)/ Dutch, German and English (2nd series), each print measuring 16,5x19,5 cm., Amst., P. Schenk, n.d. (±1730), later hcl., obl. large 8vo.

- Ample margins. Sl. (finger)soiled; occas. trifle/ sl. foxed; plates no.4-7 of the 2nd series w. sm. waterstain in lower outer corner.

= Very rare, complete double series. Wurzbach II, p.1; Atlas van Stolk 3019; De Groot/ Vorstman 161-163; not in Hollstein, Schenck; Hollstein, Van der Laan does not exist. Ingalls p.9-13, depicting the 16 prints on whaling: "The (...) set of sixteen is among the classics of whaling prints. The exceptional comprehensiveness, historical accuracy, maritime detail, and artistry are rare in the history of the pictorial documentation of the industry." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.