- Some foxed spots; closed pinholes in corners.
= Cat. Harlemia Illustrata 715-718: "De Haarlemse kunstenaar Hendrik Schwegman was een neefje van de meesterhovenier van Elswout (...) Dit zal Schwegmans interesse voor (...) Elswout verklaren. In 1796 tekende de Groningse kunstenaar Egbert van Drielst een aantal gezichten in Elswout, samen met zijn collega Jacob Cats. Schwegman maakte van een viertal van deze gezichten grote (...) "omtreketsen" die hij met de hand inkleurde. Het waren magistrale prenten die volgens deskundige tijdgenoten niet onderdeden voor het werk van beroemde buitenlandse kunstenaars. (...) Het Haarlemse werk van Schwegman is zeldzaam." Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIV.
- Lacks the third (righthand) leaf; both leaves a few tears/ dam. spots repaired on verso; both leaves folded twice.
= Even with one leaf lacking a very rare and decorative detailed view of the siege of Haarlem by Don Frederico de Toledo. Harlemia Illustrata 487; FM 610; Atlas van Stolk 480.
= Not in Cat. Harlemia Illustrata. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
= Hollstein 422, only state; cat. Harlemia Illustrata 123 ("behoren tot de oudste en fraaiste stadsgezichten van Haarlem").
AND 6 engr./ lithogr. views of Brederode, i.a. a rare unidentified 18th cent. engraving, printed in red.
=Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Without the third (righthand) etched leaf; both leaves folded once; lefthand leaf sl. creased in left margin and w. a few sm. holes in image (not exceeding 4 mm.) and w. some strengthened spots in margins on verso.
= Harlemia Illustrata 115 ("één van de fraaiste Haarlemse prenten (...) de drukkwaliteit van de meeste thans nog bekende exemplaren, wat ongelijk (...) "; Hollstein 167.
- A few foxed spots; otherwise fine.
= Hollstein 189, 2nd state (of 2); Cat. Harlemia Illustrata 90.
AND 2 similar views of Huis te Kleef, 1x by the same and 1x by H. SPILMAN.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
= Hollstein 348, the 2nd and final state; cat. Harlemia Illustrata 102.
"Kleine Hout Poort te Haarlem". Etching and aquatint by W. NIEUWHOFF after J. PANNEBAKKER, 15,6x22,8 cm., titled, "J. Pannebakker ad. viv. fec." and "W.N. Sculp." engr. below (Cat. Harlemia Illustrata 811). - AND 3 others, all engr./ lithogr. views of the Kleine Houtpoort.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Small restored tear(?) along top of flattened middle fold.
= From a series of 12 illustrations to S. AMPZING, Beschryvinge ende Lof der Stad Haerlem in Holland (...), 1628. Hollstein 418, only state; Cat. Harlemia Illustrata 122 ("behoren tot de fraaiste en oudste stadsgezichten van Haarlem"). With the collector's stamp of E. Fabricius (L. 847a) and an unidentified manuscript collector's annot. on verso.
AND 4 others from the same work: The St. Bavo-Church from the south-east (yellowed/ partly waterstained); 'Het Huis te Kleef', near Haarlem (yellowed, sm. closed tear in captions); Ground-plan of the St. Bavo-Church (sl. yellowed; tipped onto mount); Interior of the St. Bavo-Church (horizontal crease).
= Hollstein 420 (1st state of 3); 423 (only state); 425 (2nd state of 2); 426 (1st state of 3).
= Very rare. Cat. Harlemia Illustrata 806-810, 812, 813 and the 4 drawings without a number, described on p.47: "Dit zijn vier tekeningen die moesten lijken op de acht prenten". Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LV.
- All w. old piece(s) of paper tape in outer right margin on verso; title-p. trifle foxed in blank margins. Fine set with broad margins (17,2x24 cm.).
= Hollstein 149-160, first state (of 2); cat. Harlemia illustrata 57-67; Ekama 409; De Groot, Landscape 23-34; Ackley 36: "The first of a number of etched landscape series published in the period 1611-1616 in which a new, native vision of the Dutch landscape, its modest pleasures and characteristic spaces, was formulated." and Freedberg p.31: "(...) it is the neighbourhood of Haarlem, the indigenous countryside, that is now recognised as capable of offering what art lovers expected from a landscape - and the emphasis is on its pleasurable element." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LV.
- Title and one other plate w. sm. brown stain.
= Hollstein 149-160, first state (of 2); cat. Harlemia illustrata 57-67; Ekama 409; De Groot, Landscape 23-34; Ackley 36: "The first of a number of etched landscape series published in the period 1611-1616 in which a new, native vision of the Dutch landscape, its modest pleasures and characteristic spaces, was formulated." and Freedberg p.31: "(...) it is the neighbourhood of Haarlem, the indigenous countryside, that is now recognised as capable of offering what art lovers expected from a landscape - and the emphasis is on its pleasurable element."
- Fine.
= Hollstein 149 ("Title") and 150 ("Beacon at Zandvoort"), first state (of 2); cat. Harlemia illustrata 57 and 58; Ekama 409; De Groot, Landscape 23 and 24; Ackley 36: "The first of a number of etched landscape series published in the period 1611-1616 in which a new, native vision of the Dutch landscape, its modest pleasures and characteristic spaces, was formulated." and Freedberg p.31: "(...) it is the neighbourhood of Haarlem, the indigenous countryside, that is now recognised as capable of offering what art lovers expected from a landscape - and the emphasis is on its pleasurable element." Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Trifle yellowed/ foxed; nevertheless fine.
AND 2 smaller col. lithogr. maps by F. ALLEN and H. BRAAKENSIEK.
= I.a. from the series Haarlem en omstreeken, Souvenir de la Hollande and the rare view "De Groote Houtbrug te Haarlem" (by DEWAILLE after J. REEKERS, 1826). Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- All fine.
= I.a. from Ollefen and Bakker, De Nederlandsche Stad- en Dorp-Beschrijver (±1795); H. de Leth, Zegepralent Kennemerland (±1730) and Het verheerlykt Nederland, of Kabinet van Hedendaagsche gezigten (±1760).
- Trimmed just outside the borderline; otherwise fine.
= Decorative map, showing Haarlem in upper left and Amsterdam in upper right corner. Donkersloot-de Vrij 716e. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Edam view trifle stained; Amst. view in unfolded state; trimmed to the borderline and sl. foxed.
= Cat. NHSM p.319.
AND 2 others.
- Trifle yellowed. = Very decorative map. Blonk/ Van der Wijst 43.1, 1st state (of 2).
- Trifle dustsoiled; wormhole and tiny chafed spot just below the coat of arms.
= Very decorative map. Blonk/ Van der Wijst 43.1h, D3 1st state (of 2), French text on verso.
- Closed tear on fold.
= Blonk-van der Wijst 57, 3rd state (of 5), with the year after "CJVisscher excudit" removed.