5676 - 5763 FINE ARTS - OPTICAL VIEWS
- Sl. waterstained (mostly in blank margins).
- Two sm. wormholes in sky area.
AND 2 others similar publ. by Remondini (±1780): "Cour des Lions dans le Palais ancien des Rois Maures à Grenade" and "Vüe de la Cour du Palais des anciens Rois Maures a Grenade" (both views (partly) trimmed to/ within the plate mark).
- A few vague stains and creases; 1x sl. frayed and lacks part of blank margin in upper left corner (strengthened on verso).
= Nice, rare views. Sixt v. Kapff K395-397. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIX.
- First view sl. waterst. in lower blank margin (affecting address). = Sixt v. Kapff K 62 and K 64.
AND 1 other (uncol.) view: "The City of Leipzig" (London, C. Bowles a.o., ±1770. Yellowed and sl. stained).
- Two closed tears in upper margin. = Both prints showing fictional views of Leyden.
- Sl. foxed (mostly in blank margins); trimmed within the plate mark.
"35 Vuë d'Optique Nouvelle, Representant la G.de Rue et le Canal des Etrangers à Leyde en Hollande." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. caption in French above and below, ibid., idem, ±1790.
- Some (mould)stains in right and lower margins. = Both prints showing fictional views of Leyden.
- Trimmed to the border line (w. loss of caption above); corners sl. creased.
- Tear in lower margin, sl. affecting image; under passepartout. = Sixt v. Kapff K 278.
"La Flotte armée neutré et confedere a Lisabonne." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view by B.F. LEIZEL, engr. captions in German and French below, ibid., "au Negoce commun (...)", ±1770.
- A few creases.
- Tear in lower margin, sl. affecting image; under passepartout.
AND 2 others similar, i.a. "Vüe Perspective du Palais du Duc d'Aveiro a Lisbonne" (ibid., Huquier fils, ±1760. Small hole in sky area).
- Slightly soiled/ stained.
= Nice view with St. Paul's Cathedral and the Thames in the background.
- Four closed tears in margins (penetrating max. 1 cm. into image).
ADDED 2 others, i.a. "Un lac et Village de la Cochinchine" (contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, w. engr. captions above and below image, Paris, J. Chéreau, ±1770).
- Slightly soiled in vertical margins.
"Urbis et Pontis Londini Prospectus. La Ville et le Pont de Londres". Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, Paris, Daumont, ±1770.
- A few brown specks in sky area; partly trimmed to the border line w. loss of caption/ address.
"Maison qui serre de Magasins, pour la Marine du Roy, et une partie du Port de Plimouthe en Angleterre."
Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. caption in French above and below, without address, ±1770.
- Foxed and sl. soiled in blank margins.
AND 8 others, i.a. "Prospectus monumenti erecti in memoriam funesto incendii anno MDCLXVI Londini" (Bassano, Remondini, ±1780. Mounted; pinhole in lower margin) and "Ironmonger's Hall with a View of Fenchurch Street" (London, T. Bowles a.o., 1753. Mounted; a few stains).
- Sl. foxed; some pinholes in blank margins. = Sixt v. Kapff K 234.
AND 1 other: "Vue de la Ville et du Canal de Middelburgh Capitale de la Zelande" (Paris, Basset, ±1790. Mounted on board).
- Trimmed within the plate mark/ to the border line; first view sl. stained in blank margins.
= Copies in reverse of 2 views by Probst (Sixt v. Kapff K 132 and 133).
AND 2 others similar: "Vuë du Colege de Ste Marie: et de l'Hotel de Ville d'Oxford" (without address, ±1770. Sl. stained/ creased) and a copy in reverse of the same view publ. by J.F. Chéreau (±1795).
- 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).
- Trimmed w. loss of address; (sl.) stained.
AND 6 others similar, i.a. views of Rome, Seville and Florence (all stained/ dam.). - ADDED: 4 other miscell. contemp. handcol. optical views.
- Doubled; sm. dam. spot in right part.
"La Porte St. Denis sortant de Paris." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. captions in Latin and French below, Paris, Daumont, ±1770.
- A few sm. wormholes.
AND 3 others similar, i.a. "Vue perspective du Pont au Change du coté du Meridien a Paris" (ibid., Basset, ±1790).




































































