5388 - 5863 FINE ARTS - GRAPHIC ART, 16th-19th CENTURY
= Hollstein 2; F.M. 2301-2a (before the caption above).
Idem. "Afbeelding van twee houte huyzen in de Nieustraat, in brand geraakt en geblust, blyvende in de bovenstaande gestalte staan, den 2 January 1682". Engraving, 1690, 31,7x17,2 cm., caption below.
- Tear in lower right corner, not reaching caption; sm. foxed spot in right blank margin, not reaching image.
= From J. van der Heyden, Beschryving der nieuwelyks uitgevonden en geoctrojeerde Slang-Brand-Spuiten en haare wyze van Brand-Blussen (...) (Amst., 1690). Hollstein 6.
ADDED: "Navis incendiaria cum cuniculo". Engraving, 30,5x21,2 cm., mounted.
= From F. Strado, De bello Belgico decas secunda ab initio praefecturae Alexandri Farnesii Parmae Placentiaeque ducis III an. MDLXXVIII usque ad an. MDXC (Frankf., 1651).
- Laid down on laid paper; margins trimmed to/ on the borderline; somewhat browned.
= Very rare. IFF, part IV, no.208 (p.214). A very curious print with an unusual composition. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.
- Formerly folded, sl. weak and w. sm. hole along middle fold in lower blank margin; lacks sm. portion of lower right corner.
"Verklaaringe der Cyffers en Letters van't Pragtig Gebouw, dat ter occasie van d'Aakensche Vreede (...) Verligt en Geillumineerd is geweest (...)". Letterpress leaf, 39x46 cm.
- Formerly folded; sl. foxed.
= Explanatory leaf of the (absent) "Platte Grond en Gezigt van het Pragtig Gebouw (...) Benevens de schikking van het Heerlyk Vuurwerk (...) Afgestooken den 13 Juny 1749."
Scotin, J.B. (1678-1740). "Piramide de fuego Erigida en Paris delante del Palacio del Exmo Senor Duque de Alva Emba/xador de Espana en celebracion de nacimiento del Serenissimo Senor Principe de Asturias ano 1707".
Handcol. engraving after M. DESMARETZ, 57,5x40,5 cm.
- Doubled; browned; lacks portion of upper right corner, crudely restored; lacks sm. portion of upper left corner; closed tear in lower margin, sl. affecting caption; some tiny holes. Nevertheless an interesting print.
"Vuurwerk op de groote markt te Vlissingen opgerecht, en ter Eere van Z.D.H. afgestoken op den 5-den Juny MDCCLI". Engraving after A. DE VRIEND, 34x54,5 cm., (Amst., I. Tirion, 1753).
- Browned; creased; sm. tear along fold in lower blank margin, not reaching caption; lacks sm. portions of upper blank corners.
= F.M. 4017-a/5.
= From the series Diverses especes de Poissons de Mer. Bartsch 18; Dumesnil 432, 1st state of 2. With the mansucript collector's marks of F. Rosenstock (not in Lugt) and an unread collector ("P. ?").
AND 2 others by the same from the series of the fishes: "Encrasicholus, L'Anchoie" (Bartsch 26, 2nd state of 2. Ample browned margins) and "Gabius sive fundulus. Le Goujon" (Bartsch 54, 2nd state of 2. Foxed).
- All good impressions cut to/ just outside the borderline; partly sl. yellowed and vaguely foxed; no. 10 partly discol.
= No. 4, 7, 8, 10 and 11. From the series of 600 etchings depicting French views, landscapes, birds, fishes and frontispieces (Hollstein VI, p.246, not listing other prints by Flamen; Bartsch V). Nice series, depicting the fish in the foreground and with coastal views or riverscapes in the background.
= F.M. 5754; Atlas v. Stolk 6120; Bierens de Haan 1381. The views depicting the disastrous results of the bursting of the dikes at/ near Kedichem, Erichem, Beuzichem, Arnhem and Babiloniënbroek.
AND 1 other showing the bursting of the dyke in Kruiningen. - ADDED: 15 miscell. engravings/ lithogr. showing ships.
- All fine. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.
- Waterstained in upper corners and right margin; 2 closed tears in upper margin and 1 in lower margin; central horizontal fold with a few false creases.
= Impressive flower piece. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.
AND one other similar engr. flower piece (mediocre condition: several brown stains, cut sl. short and w. some creases).
- Some foxing and browning; 2 prints w. tape remnants in upper blank margin; 1 print mounted under passepartout.
ADDED: 2 others, i.a. "Cyphella ampla Léveille". Handcol. lithogr., 29,8x24,2 cm., w. explanatory leaf. - ADDED: 59 prints showing different animals.
= Narcissus I (vaguely waterst./ mouldy); Lilio-Narcissus II (vaguely waterst.); Ranunculus II (waterst./ foxed); Hyacinthus III/ IIV (mouldy spots); Anemone I/ II (vaguely (water)st./ mouldy and dam. in outer left blank margin). Pritzel 9500; Nissen, BBI 1995; Calmann p.97f.
- Foxed; waterstained in upper (blank) margin, sl. affecting image; sm. hole in image; some creasing; sm. tear in left blank margin, not reaching image.
= After the illustration in A. Kircher, Latium (1669).
Anonymous (16th cent.). "Argier". Woodcut on thin paper, 14x17,7 cm., ±1550.
- A few sm. holes and thin spots; sm. tear in lower left corner, just reaching image.
= After a plate from S. Münster, Cosmographia (1544).
AND 4 other maps/ views, i.a. "Le colosse de Drusus à Mayence" and a map of Libya.
= Including the title-etching, and incl. one etching printed on blue paper (and tipped onto paper mount). Kramm mentions 35 different prints. This lot contains 18 different prints, partly in different states. Partly from the collection of Pim van Eekelen with his collector's mark on verso.
- Good impressions; both w. some stains, no. 41 sl. worse and w. some marginal sm. holes.
= Hollstein 41 (Saphan reading the Book of Law to Josiah) and 42 (The Book of Law read before the people).
- Doubled; sl. yellowed/ dustsoiled; blank margins trimmed. = Hollstein 659.
AND 11 other portraits, mainly 17th cent., i.a. by C.J. PHILIPS, "Pieter van Laer, alias Bomboots" (Baboccio) and portraits after J. HEINZ by G. SADELER of M. DE VOS (old fold; sl. foxed/ white stain) and after A. VAN HULLE of CAROLUS GUSTAVUS (repaired in lower corner, affecting image).
- A few vague soiled spots. = New Hollstein 20 and 24.