4922 - 5070 FINE ARTS - DUTCH TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
- Sm. split to the left of the central fold (prob. a printing flaw).
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/1, 100 (1st state of 3); Deys 34.
- One sm. sharp crease in lower right corner (printing flaw); a few sm. foxed spots.
= Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/1, 99, 2nd state (of 2); Deys 3.
- Sl. yellowed. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/1, 99, 2nd state (of 2); Deys 3.
- Small strip of paper w. letterpress legend mounted in upper left corner.
= The lots 4925-4947 comprise an almost complete and very rare series of large engraved 18th century city views of Amsterdam als described by R.W.P. de Vries (auction December, 1925). "De stad in het begin der 18e eeuw. Complete serie der 25 stadsgezichten door de Leth, Schenk e.a. (...) Het is een kleurrijk beeld van het leven en bedrijf der stad in den aanvang der 18e eeuw, zooals men nergens in dergelijke veelzijdigheid ziet". The engravings are uniformly framed.
Collectie Dreesmann I, p.176; cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 291.
- Professionally restored at either ends of the attachement.
= Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). Collectie Dreesmann I, p.99; Leonhardt sale 54; cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 290. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXV.
- Lacks lower left corner w. minimum loss of text of the legend.
= Very rare profile of Amsterdam; part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). Collectie Dreesmann I, p.39; cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 272. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXV.
- Two large damp stains in left sheet.
= Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). First state of 2, before lettering to the ships and the correction of the Utrechtse Poort. Collectie Dreesmann I, p.42; cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 274. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.
- Lower margin w. the address of L. Schenk and "J. Schenk fecit" sl. smudged.
= Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). Collectie Dreesmann I, p.262; cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 284.
= Very rare view of the Prinsengracht. Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). Collectie Dreesmann I, p.253; cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925)278.
- Vertical fold across image.
= Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). Collectie Dreesmann I, p.148; cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 279.
= Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). Collectie Dreesmann I, p.45; cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 296. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.
= Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). Collectie Dreesmann I, p.45; cat. R.W.P de Vries (1925) 296. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.
= Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). Collectie Dreesmann I, p.256; cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 285.
= Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). Collectie Dreesmann I, p.212; cat. R.W.P de Vries (1925) 276. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.
- Sl. yellowed in blank margins. Otherwise fine.
= Very rare view of the Portugese and German synagogues in Amsterdam. Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). Second state of the print, after the 1750 renovation of the new German synagogue. Collectie Dreesmann I, p.279; cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 294. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
- Cut just outside the borderline.
= Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). Hollstein (Pieter Schenck) 1097 (sl. different size); Collectie Dreesmann I, p.258; Atlas van Stolk 3023: "Afbeelding van het tegenwoordige Rembrandtsplein, levendig gestoffeerd met kraampjes en uitstallingen van allerlei koopwaren, een kwakzalverstent (...)." Beautiful and rare view with an open air theatre.
- Vague brown spot in upper left corner.
= Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). Cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 288. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
- Large repaired tear in lower margin into image of right sheet; middle fold.
= Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). Collectie Dreesmann I, p.55; cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 289.
= Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). With engr. VOC coat of arms in title. Collectie Dreesmann I, p.203; cat. R.W.P. de Vries (1925) 281. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.
= Part of a very rare series of large 18th cent. Amsterdam city views (see annotation to lot 4925). Collectie Dreesmann I, p.58; cat. R.W.P de Vries (1925) 273.