- Two lvs. pasted together and doubled w. Japanese; sm. closed wormhole in the centre along top; w. a few brown spots, otherwise fine.
- Lacks middle panel of the triptych. Right panel w. two stains; both sl. soiled/ browned.
AND 2 other col. woodcuts ôban, left and central panel of a triptych by unidentified artist (Kunisada III?), no signature, publ. unread (w. some holes and a tear, seemingly due to a reaction to the dye, otherwise fine).
- With a few tiny pinholes; left blank margin sl. spotted/ frayed; lower right corner w. sm. stain.
= No. 10 from the series Kinsei jimbutsushi (Personalities of Recent Times) published as a supplement to the Yamato shinbun (Yamato Newspaper).
Idem. Tomobayashi Mitsuhira. Col. woodcut ôban, signed Yoshitoshi w. red Taiso seal, publ. Yamato shinbunsha, 1888.
- Left blank margin w. hole; upper and lower right corners creased; sl./ trifle spotted (dampst.?).
= No 19 from the same series as the above.
Idem. Saigô Takamori. Col. woodcut ôban, signed Yoshitoshi w. red Taiso seal, publ. Yamato shinbunsha, 1888.
- Slightly soiled/ sained/ foxed. = No. 17 from the same series as the above.
Idem. Egawa Tarozaemon. Col. woodcut ôban, signed Yoshitoshi w. red Taiso seal, publ. Yamato shinbunsha, 1887.
- Margins cut off, except for part of the upper margin (resulting in loss of publishing information); w. a few wormholes; lower left corner w. tear; textbox along top w. some transfer of red dye.
= No. 13 from the same series as the preceding.
- No. 16: margins cut off, w. loss of publishing information; doubled; a few spots. No. 25: left margin sl. creased/ wrinkled. No. 47: three holes mostly in right blank margin; doubled; sl. soiled; left margin cut sl. short. No. 83: doubled; right margin browned; left margin cut sl. short. No. 85: trifle browned/ yellowed and wi. a soiled spot, otherwise fine.
= Comprises: 16. Michizane composes a poem about the moon; 25: Gravemarker moon; 47. Fujiwara no Kintô plucks a plum blossom; 83. Gidayû writes his death poem; 85. Moon of the lonely house.
= From the series Yoshitoshi ryakuga (Quick drawings by Yoshitoshi).
- Slightly soiled; left margin cut sl. short, w. partial loss of publishing information; upper and lower blank margin sl. dam. and w. tape in upper corners.
= From the series Dai Nippon meishô kagami (Mirror of Famous General of Japan).
- 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.