5733 - 5857 FINE ARTS - OPTICAL VIEWS
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXV.
AND 3 other optical views of Chinese towns by F.X. HABERMANN, all publ. by the same, all in contemp. handcolouring, all in fine condition: "Vue de Iamceee. Iamcesu Est la Septieme Ville capitale de la Province chinoise de Nanckin", "Vue de Canton. La rue capitale avec un Arc triumphale (...)" and "Vue de Peckin. Le Cour imperiale chinois a Peckin est presque une heure au tour (...)."
- Blank margins sl. foxed/ frayed and w. a few tiny holes/ tears.
ADDED 4 others, i.a. "Vue de la Place ou l'on tient les Foires et de l'Edifice moderne a Venise" (Paris, Daumont, ±1770. Tear in lower margin) and "A View of the Cathedral Church of Florence, and the Grand Procession of the Host" (London, R. Sayer/ J. Boydell, 1750. Soiled).
- A few vague stains in blank margins.
"Le Palais de Luxembourg du côté du Jardin." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, w. engr. caption in French above and below, Paris, Daumont, ±1770.
- Contemp. annots. in lower right corner.
AND 8 others similar, by various French publishers, i.a. "Vuë Générale de la Ville de Paris à l'usage de l'optique", "Le Palais des Tuileries du côté de la Cour" and "l'Interieur du Val de Grace a Paris" (±1770. blank margins partly blackened/ cut off).
- Sl. foxed/ soiled in margins.
AND 3 others, i.a. "Vue du Pont Neuf, vers le Louvre de Paris" (contemp. handcol. optical view, engr. captions in Latin, French, Italian and German below. Captions yellowed and cut sl. short).
- Both views sl. soiled/ stained/ w. sm. tears/ creases in blank margins; first view lower margin trimmed.
AND 7 others similar, i.a. "I.er Vuë des Boulevard pris de la Porte St. Antoine" (ibid., Mondhare, ±1770. Large waterstain in blank margins); "Decoration de Théatre, representant une Gallerie Sepulchrale" (ibid., Daumont, ±1770. Foxed in blank margins) and "L'Interieur de la Paroisse de St. Roch a Paris" (ibid., idem, ±1770. Closed tears in (blank) margins).
- A few closed tears/ dam. spots.
''Vüe de l'interieur de l'Eglise Cathedrale de notre Dame de Paris." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. caption in French below, ibid., Daumont, ±1770.
- Trimmed within the plate mark.
AND 6 others similar, i.a. "Vue perspective de l'exterieure d'un superbe Edifice, composé de plusieurs ordres d'Architecture, dont le modele représenté sur un Théatre, seroit admirable. (...)" (ibid., Basset, ±1790. Vertical crease in left part) and "Vue perspective du Pont au Change du coté du Meridien a Paris" (ibid., idem, ±1790. Stain in left sky area).
- Large closed tear in upper right part; a few vague creases; sl. waterst.
"Ceremonie de la grande Feste que les Chinois celebre le 24 de la Lune d'Aoust dans la principale Place de Pekin." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. caption in French below, Paris, Mondhare, ±1770.
- Trimmed within the border line; some tiny holes and brown spots.
- Vague oblique crease; 2 tears in lower margin (affecting text).
= After the painting by Joseph Vernet, who painted all French harbours upon royal request.
- Slightly stained in sky area and blank margins.
AND 3 others similar, i.a. "Vuë Perspective du Palais de Ruspoli, à Rome" (ibid., Maillet, ±1770) and "L'Interieur de St. Pierre de Rome" (ibid., Daumont, ±1770. Contemp. manuscript title and caption in Dutch below).
- Cut to the platemark.
AND 2 other optical views, i.a. "El Capitolio de Roma con l'escalera hacia la iglesia d'Araceli" (view of the Cordonata stairs in Rome).
- Margins partly sl. duststained. = Attractive view.
"Vue perspective de l'Arc de Triomphe, ou se passa la Fuieuse Proscription sous le Triumvirat d'Antoine, d'Octave et Lepidus à Rome." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, w. perforations backed w. col. paper for candle-light viewing, engr. captions in French below and above the image, Paris, Basset, ±1770.
- Dutch title added in pen and ink in contemp. hand in lower margin.
= Attractive view, i.a. of the Farnese and Falconieri palaces. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXV.
"Vuë du Tybre vis-a-vis a Bouche de la Verité a Rome". Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view by J.F. LEIZELT, ibid., idem, ±1770.
- Some tears and sl. stained in lower blank margin.
= SEE ILLLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.
AND 1 other (sl. stained) view of Brussels.
- Some vague creases. = Attractive print, showing a burning building with firefighters.
AND 2 others similar: "Vue d'Optique nouvelle, représentant les ruines du Pont de pierre à Roüen, avec le superbe Pont de Bateaux dans l'éloignement" (ibid., J.F. Chéreau, ±1795) and "Vue de la Ville de Rouen Capital de la Province de Normandie du côté du Port" (ibid., Mondhare, ±1770. Trifle soiled).
- All prints soiled in blank margins; first print sl. dam. = Sixt v. Kapff K 246-248.
- Some small stains in sky area; contemp. manuscript number in pen and ink in upper blank margin. Otherwise fine.
= Lively view, with an overturned vegetable cart. Showing the Tuinlaan in reverse, seen from the Gerrit Verboonstraat, with to the left the Blauwhuis and to the right Huize Eendracht. Sixt v. Kapff K 246.
"Gezigt van de Ost-Poort, der Stadt Rotterdam, te zien van binnen de Stadt." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view by G.G. WINKLER, engr. captions in Dutch, French, Italian and German below and French above image, ibid., idem, ±1770.
- Unobtrusive stain on the roof of the Ost-Poort; contemp. manuscript number in pen and ink in upper blank margin.
= Sixt v. Kapff, K 245.
- Slightly foxed in blank margins.
= Lively view, with an overturned vegetable cart. Showing the Tuinlaan in reverse, seen from the Gerrit Verboonstraat, with to the left the Blauwhuis and to the right Huize Eendracht. Sixt v. Kapff K 246.