5676 - 5763 FINE ARTS - OPTICAL VIEWS
- Waterst. in right part.
"Gezicht van de Wester-kerk, van Binnen te zien, te Amsterdam." Engraving by C. BOGERTS after H. SCHOUTEN, engr. captions in Dutch and French below, 28x36 cm., from P. FOUQUET, Nieuwe atlas (...), ±1790. "De Groote Vis-marckt." Engraving, 18,5x29 cm., from O. DAPPER, Historische beschryving der Stadt Amsterdam (...), 1663. "Aankomst van Hunne Doorluchtige en Koningklyke Hoogheden, Willem, Prinse van Oranje en Nassau (...) en (...) Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina, Prinsesse van Pruissen, aan de Haarlemmer Poort der Stad Amsteldam, op den 30 May 1768." Engraving by S. FOKKE, 29x39 cm., w. engr. caption below, from J. WAGENAAR, 't Verheugd Amsterdam, 1768.
- Vertical crease; sl. darkened/ foxed.
AND 14 others, i.a. "D'afbeelding hoe men de Magistraet en Geestelykheyt der stadt Amsterdam heeft uytgeleydt, en t' scheep gebraght den 26 May 1578" (from P.C. HOOFT, Nederlandsche historien, ±1700). - ADDED: 3 others.
- Vague stain in upper part, left of the tower.
AND 4 other optical views of Amsterdam.
- Waterst. in lower blank margin.
- Browned; under passepartout.
= Showing the early demonstration of the invented hot air balloon by the brothers Montgolfier in Paris on 27 August 1783 at the Champ de Mars in Paris. On 19 September 1783, the first living animal was aboard a hot air balloon and in november the first manned flight took place. Liebmann & Wahl 183.
- Both views sl. soiled; 2nd view w. dam. spot in lower margin, affecting caption.
= Feith 78b and 78e.
- Vague oblique crease in left part of image; closed tear in lower blank margin.
= Cf. Feith 78a I (possibly an earlier state, the address "presentement chés Lachaussée (...)" not present).
- Small wormhole in image and blank margin.
ADDED: 2 other handcol. optical views of The Hague and Maarsen.
- Each print partly waterst. and w. 2 sm. holes in left blank margin; sl. creased/ frayed; first print w. tear in upper blank margin, just touching the border line.
= Rare series, with the story of the prodigal son set in an opulent 18th cent. setting.
- Fine.
= One part of two optical views that form one of two panoramic views of the harbour of Bordeaux as painted by Joseph Verne by royal request.
- Both fine. = British troops marching in the streets of New York.
- Fine. = Attractive view.
AND 1 other from the same series of Bremen, in similar condition: "Prospect beij der Allée von der Alt- und Neustadt die Weser hinauf".
- Waterst. in left corners; contemp. manuscr. number and title in pen and ink in upper/ lower blank margin.
ADDED 2 others similar of Dresden: "Prospect von Dresden nach der Ausicht eines Theils des alten-Marckts (...)" and "Ausicht des Marckt-Plazes in der Neu-Stadt beij Dresden (...)" (Augsb., ±1770. Second print browned).
- A few creases/ sm. tears in right and lower blank margins.
ADDED: "Vue du Chateau royal de Choisy du cote de l'Entrée." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. caption in French below, without address, ±1770. "Prospectus Castri quod dicitur Belle Vuë, non procul Parisis. Vuë du Chateau de Belle Vuë." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. captions in Latin and French and "R 1" below, without address, ±1770.
- Waterst. in blank margins and lower left corner; fold in upper right corner.
AND 4 others similar, i.a. "Vuë Méridionale de la grande Place, dite la Carrière a Nancy" (Paris, Daumont, ±1770. Stained; 3 closed tears in upper margin; lower right corner restored).
- A few vague creases; contemp. manuscript numbering above and caption in Dutch below.
= Possibly after an engraving by Jean Audran (after Claude Gillot).
- First view waterst. in lower left corner; vague crease in lower right corner; 2nd view trimmed within the plate mark; closed tear in lower margin, affecting captions.
= Sixt v. Kapff K 97 and 93. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LVIII.
"Vue perspective de la Galerie Royale de Copenhague conduisant au Jardin." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. caption in French above and below, Paris, Mondhare, ±1761.
- Tiny wormhole in lower left part. = Attractive lot.
- First view mounted on board; 2nd view sl. yellowed/ stained (mostly in blank margins); 2 blank corners torn off; a few vague creases; contemp. manuscr. title in pen and ink in lower blank margin.
AND 1 other similar publ. by the same: "Prospect der Kauffmans Halle in der Fenchurch Strasse zu London" (mounted on verso of board of first view).
- Trimmed within the plate mark; (water)stain in lower right corner; false vertical crease.
= Sixt v. Kapff K 198.
AND 3 others similar publ. by the same: "Gesigt van de Oude Kerk, der Stadt Delft", "Gesigt van het Ammunitie Magazijn binnen de Stadt Delft" and "Portae Kettelensis prospectus Delphis" (Sixt v. Kapff K 200/ 197 /194. All views trimmed within the plate mark w. (partial) loss of captions/ address).
- Trimmed within the plate mark/ to the border line; sl. foxed.
= Attractive view. Sixt v. Kapff K 42.
"Vue perspective du Siége de la Ville de Dresde." Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, engr. caption in French above and captions in French and Spanish below, Paris, J.F. Chéreau, ±1795. - AND 2 others similar: "Ansicht des Königl Lust-Schlosses Pilnitz" (Augsb., Carmine, ±1790) and "Prospect von dem Königl. Lust-Schloss Pillnitz" (ibid., "au Negoce commun (...)", ±1770. Sl. browned).