5326 - 5459 FINE ARTS - OPTICAL VIEWS and related prints and objects
- A few cuts in right blank margin. = Sixt v. Kapff K180.
AND 1 similar view publ. by the same: "De Binnenkant van het Nieuw-Eyland naa de Mont Albaans Tooren te zien tot Amsteldam" (sm. hole in lower right corner. Sixt v. Kapff K183).
- One sl. frayed and w. contemp. annot in upper blank margin; 1x tiny hole in centre; 1x lower margin dam. causing loss of part of the caption/ sl. foxed/ waterst.
= Rare complete series of Amsterdam by this publisher.
- Trifle foxed in blank margins; nevertheless fine. = Rare garden view.
AND 1 other garden view (with all captions cut off and/ or blackened).
- Occas. sl. frayed/ vaguely waterst.
- Vague vertical crease in centre; upper blank margin w. sm. laid down strip of paper w. title in reverse in contemp. hand; trifle foxed in lower blank margin; "Rijks" in contemp. hand over engr. "Lands".
= Sixt v. Kapff K189.
AND 2 others publ. by the same: "Canalis quae vocatur Kleveniers prospiciens versus domum ponderum S. Antonii Amstellodamensis" and "Dominorum Fossa de Speculorum via vergens ad Fossam Leydensem Amstellodamensis" (1x doubled. Sixt v. Kapff K177 and K178).
- Occas. sl. creased; 1x trimmed just outside the border lines/ caption.
- Both w. vague stain in centre; 1x vertical fold in centre; both w. partly worn margins.
= Sixt v. Kapff K186 and K187. Nicely coloured views of lively Amsterdam, one depicting i.a. a small boy pissing in the water and a group of diving and swimming children.
- One sl. creased; 1x w. scattered sm. waterstains and 3 tears in margins just touching the image; 1x vaguely waterst.
- Trifle browned; occas. sl. frayed.
- Backed w. carboard margins; both prints darkened.
- One backed w. cardboard margins; occas. sl. soiled; 3x dam.
= Comprises i.a. "La Maison des Orphelins et le Pont de l'Amstel à Amsterdam" (Paris, Daumont), "Gezicht van de Oude Zyds Capel, t'Amsterdam" (Bassano, Remondini), "Vue de long Pont et d'une Partie de la Bourse a Amsterdam"/ "Gezicht tot de Waaelen-Kerk, tot Amsterdam" (both Augsb., "Au Negoce de commun de l'Academie Imperiale") and The Weesperpoort (unidentified).
- Some marginal tiny holes; sl. frayed/ lacking sm. portions of outer blank margins.
= Sixt v. Kapff K1 and K9.
AND 1 similar view, publ. by I. Wolff: "Prospectus versus Septentrionem Collegij Canonicorum Reg."
- Left and right margin trimmed to the border line; trifle soiled in centre.
ADDED: 2 similar views of Munich and Berlin, both w. perforations or backed w. illustrated paper for candle-light viewing.
- Two closed tears in lower and left blank margin; sl. fingersoiled in blank margins.
"Fossarum et cuniculorum aperta. Ouverture de la Franchée". Handcol. engr. optical view by G.B. PROBST, engr. French text (in reverse) above and Latin, French, Italian and German captions below, Augsb., G.B. Probst, ±1770.
- Damaged spots in center image; fold in lower right corner; sl. creased in blank margins.
= Sixt v. Kapff K367.
- Sl. waterst. in lower (mostly) blank margin. = Feith 78 D; Cat. 300-jarig bestaan Batavia 208.4.
- Laid down on board; trifle foxed. = Feith 78c.
AND 1 other similar, publ. by Daumont: "Vüe de l'Isle et de la Ville de Batavia (...)" (cf. Feith 78a).
- Vaguely creased vertically in centre; a few foxed spots. = Feith 78b.
- A few sm. stains in upper right corner.
= Rare decorative view showing i.a. carts drawn by elephants.
AND 1 other similar, publ. by the same: "Ceremonie de la grande Feste que les Chinois celebre le 24 de la lune d'Aoust (...)" (lacks portion of blank margin in upper right corner).