5764 - 5864 FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
- Doubled w. Japanese; a few sm. wormholes in (mostly blank) margins.
- A few small light brown spots in blank margin, all fine.
= The series shows 15 pivotal moments in the French Revolution between 1789 and 1802. Present are: no. 11: "Journée du 1er Prairial de l'an IIIe"; no. 12: "Journée du XIII Vendemiaire, l'an IV" and no. XIV: "Le IX Floreal an VII. Assassinat des Plénipotentiaires Français au Congrès de Rastadt".
- All fine.
= Comprises i.a. "Gouvernement de Gap et Puymore", "Gouvernement de Pignerol & Brigeras", "Gouvernement de Ville Franche", "Principauté d'Oranges et comtat de Venaissin" and "Seure ou Belle-garde".
AND 7 other small plans and views.
= From Mahlerische Ansichten des Rheins von Mainz bis Düsseldorf (1806).
AND 3 others from the same series, same size, all in fine handcolouring and in fine condition: "Ansicht von Nonnenwerth", "Ansicht der Pfalz und Caub" and "Ansicht des Schlosses zu Biberich". Frommel, Carl (1789-1863). "Fünf Ansichten von Cassel und Wilhelmshöhe." N.pl., J.C. Krieger, n.d. (1840), 5 steelengr. views on chine collé, all 15x19,2 cm., loose as issued in orig. publisher's paper portfolio.
- Portfolio sl. worn; engravings fine.
- Both doubled; 2nd map dam. spot in lower right section.
AND 3 others publ. by the same, i.a. "Circulus Franconicus (...)" and "Utriusque Alsatiae (...)" (both doubled; a few dam. spots; 2nd map large tear in right part). - ADDED: "Generalis Lotharingiae Ducatus Tabula (...)" (handcol. engr. map w. cartouche by N. VISSCHER, Amst., ±1680. Fine).
- Two prints w. central fold. Otherwise fine.
= Comprises: "Vue de Bonn et du Chateau de Poppelsdorf", "Vue de Bonn prise d'en bas", "Vue de la Ville de Bonn", "Vue des Sept Montagnes pres de Bonn", "Vue de Mayence", "Vue de Dusseldorff", "Vue de Neuwied", "Vue de Coblence" and "Vue de Cologne".
AND 7 other late 18th/ early 19th cent. views of/ in German towns, i.a. Saarburg (2x), Arnsberg and Treves (all waterstained in one corner), Koblenz (2x) and Rödelheim.
- Washed; both ends of middle fold and lower right margin strengthened w. sellotape on verso.
"Lusatia superior." Partly handcol. engr. map by B. SCULTETUS, 2 dec. cartouches, Lusatia coat of arms in upper left corner, 41x52 cm., ibid., W. and J. Blaeu, ±1645.
- Sl. browned. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 2882:2.
- Ample margins. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/1, 1561, 1st state (of 2).
"Praefecturae Saxonicae Wurcensis, Eilenburgensis Dubensis Geographica accuratione". Contemp. handcol. engr. map by T.C. LOTTER, 2 elaborate cartouches, flanked by a large index in 2 large columns, 48,5x44 cm., Augsb., M. Seutter, ±1750.
- A few vague printing flaws; nevertheless fine.
"Martis Area et Alea per Tractum Rheni, Mosselae, ac Mosae (...)". Contemp. handcol. engr. map by CORDIER, 2 elaborate cartouches and an inset map of the origin of the Rhine, 57,5x49,5 cm., Augsburg, M. Seutter, ±1750 (fine). "Le Cours de la Riviere du Rhein depuis sa Source jusques a son Emboucheure (...)." Contemp. handcol. engr. map, 58x55 cm., Paris, N. Sanson, ±1770.
- Lacks sm. portion in centre along middle fold; a few tiny tears caused by oxidation.
AND 9 others, mostly 17th cent. engr. battle views of German cities, i.a. 2 variations of "Beleegeringe van Rhynberck Anno 1633" (engr. view after C.J. VISSCHER, from I. COMMELIN, Frederick Hendrick van Nassauw, ±1651).
- Laid down on linen. Previously folded, with sl. dam. to map on folds and in blank margins.
= A manuscript map, defining property possibly in the area to the east of Gruiten, Germany. Some of the names and places that are mentioned on the map: Adolf Kotgen, Bünger, "ein Gut die Winkelsen Mühlen genannt", "Scheifenhaus Büngers [Lich?]", "Kamperland", "Winkelser Busch", "Hitzberger Feld", "Schilzhöfer Busch" and the "Thunes Brück".
- Sl. yellowed. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 2882:1.2.
"Palatinatus Bavariae." Contemp. handcol. engr. map, dec. cartouche, 37x50 cm., ibid., G. Mercator, 1619.
- Doubled; trifle browned. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 2670:1.1.
"Nieuwe Kaart van de Opper Saxise Kreits of Keur Saxen, Meissen, Voigtland, Thuringe, Anhalt, Lusatie, Brandenburg en Pomeren." Contemp. handcol. engr. map, 28,3x33,7 cm., ibid., I. Tirion, ±1740.
- Sl. yellowed.
AND 1 other: "Meklenburg ducatus" (W. Blaeu, ±1640. Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 2210:2.2).
- Lacks plate 5, 9 and 15; print 2 sl. affected by silverfish in top margin of image; 15 prints w. mostly vague waterstain in upper left corner (8x)/ in both upper corners (7x); 2 prints one/ two tear(s) in blank margin(s). All images fine.
= A very rare, near complete series showing the following views: "Mägdesprung Selkethale", "Alexisbad im Selkethale", "Neuwerk", "Blankenburg", "Der Regenstein bei Blankenburg", "Der Falkenstein im Selkethale", "Schloss Ballenstedt vom Thiergarten aus", "Der Kessel bei der Rosstrappe im Bodethale", "Der Ilsenstein mit dem Eingange ins Ilsethal", "Partie aus dem Ilsethale", "Das Okerthal", "Die Marmormühle bei Rübeland", "Gernrode mit dem Stubenberge", "Victorshöhe", "Oderbrück mit dem Broken", "Der Ziegenbrücken im Oberthale" and "Die Rothenburg mit der Aussicht in die Goldne Aue".
- One part w. purple archive stamp in blank margins; both parts trifle/ sl. foxed.
= Koeman, Geschiedenis p.185: "Tot die genieofficieren die trouw aan de Oranjes gebleven waren behoorden o.a. W. Kamp, H. Bunnik en W. van der Linden. Zij namen in 1795 de wijk naar Pruissen, waar zij een opdracht tot de kartering van Oostfriesland ontvingen. Het resultaat was een manuscript op een schaal van ca. 1:60 000. Hieruit werd in Berlijn een kaart ca. 1:120 000 gegraveerd. (...) In het westen reikt deze kaart tot de stad Groningen, waardoor ze ook betekenis heeft voor de historische kartografie van Nederland, met name door een gedetailleerde topografie van de nederzettingen."
- Sl. yellowed. = Depicting Germany and the surrounding countries.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 2600:2.2, variant a.
"Monasteriensis Episcopatus." Engr. map by J. GIGANTE, title-cartouche in upper right corner, num. small coats of arms, 37,5x49,5 cm., ibid., idem, ±1650.
- Small brown stain in right part. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 2330:2.3, variant a.
AND 2 others: "Emda" (engr. bird's eye plan from BLAEU, Townbooks, ±1650. Waterst. in left and right margins) and "Albis, Fluvius Germaniae celebris, a fontibus ad ostia" (2 engr. maps on 1 sheet, Amst., ±1660. Stained/ creased in lower corners).
- Sl. yellowed. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 2463:2.
"Mansfeldiae comitatus descriptio." Engr. map by T. STELLA, title-cartouche in upper right corner, 36,5x43 cm., from A. ORTELIUS, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1592.
= Van den Broecke 94; Van der Krogt/ Koeman IIIB, 2150:31.
"Théatre de la guerre ou carte nouvelle du cours du Rhin depuis Worms jusqu'a Bonne et les pays adjacens." Contemp. handcol. engr. map by G. DE L'ISLE, 49,5x59 cm., Amst., R. and J. Ottens, 1735.
- Blank margins sl. browned along edges; sm. hole on middle fold; library stamp on verso.
= From a series of 3 maps depicting the course of the Rhine from Basel to Bonn.
AND 2 others: "Archiepiscopatus Maghdeburgensis et Anhaltinus ducatus" (W. Blaeu, ±1645) and "Ducatus Brunsvicensis fereq Lunaeburgensis (...) descriptio geographica" (J. Blaeu, ±1645). - ADDED: "Fionia vulgo Funen." Partially handcol. engr. map, 2 (dec.) cartouches, coat of arms in upper left corner, ships, 38x49,7 cm., from BLAEU, Atlas maior, ±1660.
- False fold right from middle fold; vague oblique fold in upper right part; lower part of middle fold strengthened w. sellotape on verso; left edge sl. frayed.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman II, 1530:2.
- Cloth w. a few stains and several weak/ dam. (and restored) spots.
= Portable globe, reading "Gratis - premie op Het boek der reizen en ontdekkingen" in title-cartouche, was intended as a gift to the subscribers of Dozy's Dutch adaptation of Jules Verne's book "Histoire des grands voyages et des grands voyageurs" (publ. by Elsevier in 1880). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.





























































