4760 - 4965 FINE ARTS - VARIA, PAPER, PICTURE POSTCARDS, POSTERS etc.
- Apart from a few tiny imperfections in very fine condition.
= Some initials and names: "De heer Dekker Bruijdegom"; "ED MH"; "Mejuffr. Maria Dekker" and "Catharina Dekker".
AND 2 handcol. engr. wedding plates (w. "De juffrouw Maria Dekker" and "De Heer Engel Dekker" in black pen).
= Nice album for storing prints.
- Central vertical fold; sl. frayed. = Haemmerle 634; Heijbroek/ Greven p. 52.
= Probably Haemmerle 143a and Heijbroek/Greven, Sierpapier p. 110.
- Sheet cut irregular and sm. section of an another leaf attached, partly over the address. = Haemmerle 198.
AND 3 other similar sheets, 1x w. the address of Simon Haichele (also partly pasted over) and 2x without address and 3 sm. pieces of similar paper.
- Brown stain in lower margin.
Chintz paper, sheet decorated with shepherds and shepherdesses, sheep, dogs, deer and swine, 36,7x47 cm., printed in black and ochre, 2nd half 18th cent. (central fold; Haemmerle XVIII). Chintz paper sheet, decorated w. lanes of curling lines alternating w. lane w. plant motifs, 38x44 cm. - AND 1 other sheet of Haemmerle XVIII (w. large hole in centre).
- Soiled. = Company was liquidated in 1838.
"Honig J.H. & Z". Paper ream wrapper ('riemkap'), engr. manufacturer's mark (6,3x13,2 cm.) printed in read, 30,5x37 cm. (leaf), first half 19th cent.
- Four vertical folds in left and right blank margin; sl. dustsoiled in upper and lower blank margin.
"J.C. & A. van der Leij, paper fabriekeurs te Zaandijk". Paper ream wrapper ('riemkap'), early 19th cent., large engr. manufacturer's mark (31,5x21 cm.), 34x25 cm. (leaf).
- Vague vertical folds.
= Section of wrappers for parcels of 480-500 sheets of paper, called reams. Th. & F. Laurentius, Vijftig historische riemkappen (2015), p.III: "Een riemkap is een vaak stevig stuk papier dat papiermakers vanaf de vijftiende eeuw gebruikten om een riem (ca. 500 vellen) van hun kostbare product te verpakken. Die kappen zijn schaars geworden en vaak door hergebruik beschadigd. Ze vertegenwoordigen echter een grote historische waarde en zijn daarom een gewild verzamelobject. Ze bevatten een schat aan gegevens over de papiernijverheid en de papierhandel." Ad 1. H. Voorn, De papiermolens in de provincie Noord-Holland, p.329 and cf. Laurentius no.35 for a similar Pro Patria ream wrapper of Van der Ley.
- Sm. repaired tear in upper blank margin; soiled and vague creased.
"Velin papier". Paper ream wrapper ('riemkap'), late 18th/ early 19th cent., large engr. manufacturer's mark, almost identical to the preceding, without caption (Ø 20 cm.), "S.[?] Mulder Sculps." in the plate, printed in black.
- Trimmed to the borderline.
= Section of wrappers for parcels of 480-500 sheets of paper, called reams. Th. & F. Laurentius, Vijftig historische riemkappen (2015), p.III: "Een riemkap is een vaak stevig stuk papier dat papiermakers vanaf de vijftiende eeuw gebruikten om een riem (ca. 500 vellen) van hun kostbare product te verpakken. Die kappen zijn schaars geworden en vaak door hergebruik beschadigd. Ze vertegenwoordigen echter een grote historische waarde en zijn daarom een gewild verzamelobject. Ze bevatten een schat aan gegevens over de papiernijverheid en de papierhandel." Ad 1. H. Voorn, De papiermolens in de provincie Noord-Holland, p.395 (with caption below).
ADDED: 9 pieces of 18th/ early 19th cent. (laid) paper, various small sizes, partly w. watermark.
- Small part w. ruled in contemp. pen and ink and occas. w. ms. text.
- Mainly used; partly sl. worn/ damaged and/ or mounted on board.
- A few sl. dam. in blank margins.
= Nice collection of miscellaneous prints of i.a. Singapore, Algeria, Saba and London. Including i.a. "Sakay playing the Nose flute", "Chinese barber and earcleaner", portraits of a "Fillette arabe" and a "Femme arabe voilée" and "Chinese funeral party".
- Album sl. worn at corners and spine-ends.
= Miscellaneous collection, mainly actors and singers active in vaudeville entertainment, i.a Richard Pitrot "The Globe Trotter" (3 real photogr. cards), Marie Lloyd (SIGNED in pen and ink), Mia Mara (actress, 2x, incl. 1 SIGNED real photogr. card), Max Hansen (tenor, SIGNED real photogr. card), Emilie d'Alton (2 SIGNED real photogr. cards), Carl Hertz (magician, SIGNED real photogr. card), Mark Sheridan (music hall comedian and singer, SIGNED photogr. postcard) and Miss Debério (singer, with AUTOGR. SIGNED DEDICATION). Also including 10 picture postcards on bull-fighting.
- A few w. sm. defects.
= Nice collection of (colourful) wishing cards for birthdays and views of i.a. Appingedam, Amersfoort, Bruxelles, Eindhoven, Haarlem, Nijmegen, Rome, Valkenburg, Venice, Zandvoort and Zeeland. And a few postcards showing Napoleon.
- A few sm. defects.
= Comprising i.a. a panorama of Laren (postcard, ±1930, 9x39 cm.); a series of 19 (of 20) postcards of Vienna (1927, gilt wr.); a series of 15 postcards of Chirurgische Universitäts-Klinik Heidelberg; a series of 6 albumen prints of German mountain folklore; a small collection of ±18 postcards of the Dutch royal family and all kinds of miscell. subjects.