5676 - 5763 FINE ARTS - OPTICAL VIEWS
- All views trimmed within the border line w. (partial) loss of address/ caption; (pin)holes in (blank) margin; contemp. manuscr. number in pen and ink in right blank margin; first 2 views sl. stained in upper left corner.
- Vaguely waterst. in lower left corner.
"Vue de la Bourse de Dunkerque." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. caption in French below, ibid., Basset, ±1790.
- Second view sl. waterst. in lower blank margin; 3rd view trimmed within the plate mark (with loss of number).
- Second view w. manuscript caption in Dutch in upper margin.
AND 2 others similar, i.a. "Vue de la Place de l'Église de la Très S.te Trinité à Florence" (Paris, Basset, ±1815. Sl. foxed).
- Sm. dam. spot in water area.
= Domenico Fietta was one of Remondini's agents. Rare.
- A few sm. wormholes.
"Vue perspective du Marché aux Chevaux de Francfort sur le Mein ou l'on voit une Superbe Promenade plantée de Chataigniers et orné de Canaux avec un superbe Obelisque et l'Eglise S.e Catherine." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. captions in French above and below, ibid., Basset, ±1790.
- Vertical crease.
AND 2 others similar, i.a. "Le Marché aux Chevaux a Francfort sur le Mein" (ibid., Daumont, ±1770. Sl. soiled/ stained).
- A few wormholes (mostly in sky area).
AND 2 others similar publ. by G.B. Probst: "Prospect des Marckts zu Franckfurt am Mayn" and "Prospect des Frauen-bergs zu Franckfurt am Mayn" (Sixt v. Kapff K 46 and 44b. Both prints trimmed; first print foxed in margins).
- Slightly frayed/ creased in blank margins.
"A View of the Canal Chinese Building, Rotunde in Ranelagh, Gardens, with Masquarade. &c." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. caption in French above and captions in English and French below, without address, ±1770.
- Doubled; closed tear in right margin; blank margins sl. soiled.
AND 2 others: "Vue et Perspective du Parc de St. James, avec une partie de la Ville de Londres prise du Côté de Rosomonds" (Paris, J.F. Chéreau, ±1795. Trimmed w. loss of address) and "Prospectus Majoris deambulatorii horti Vauxhall ab Introitu" (Paris, Daumont, ±1770. Doubled; soiled in left blank margin).
- Waterstains in upper and lower margin; sm. tear in left margin, just touching the image.
ADDED 2 others: "Prospect der Stadt Lucern in der Schweiz, von der Iesuitter Kirche anzu sehen" (Augsb., "au Negoce commun (...)", ±1770) and "Ansicht von der Stadt Lucern in der Schweitz" (ibid., J. Carmine, ±1790) (both w. a few dam. spots in image/ address).
- Closed tear and false crease in upper part.
ADDED 2 others, i.a. "Les Vaisseaux dans le Port de Roterdam" (Paris, Daumont, ±1770).
- Browned and somewhat soiled in margins. = Sixt von Kapff K208.
ADDED: an optical view of the royal palace in Copenhagen (w. large waterstain).
- First view trimmed within the plate mark w. loss of address; 2nd view doubled w. contemp. stiff paper; 3rd view w. dam. spots in left sky area; left margin trimmed to the border line; corners creased.
AND 1 other: "Prospect der Pauliner Strasse zu Göttingen" (ibid., G.B. Probst, ±1770. Mediocre copy).
- Vertical crease; sl. foxed.




























































