5278 - 5354 FINE ARTS - OPTICAL VIEWS and related prints and objects
- All rather heavily waterst. and soiled; margins strengthened on verso.
= Complete set of views showing this naval battle. Sixt v. Kapff K374-376.
- Sl. fingersoiled.
"Vue du Port de Constantinople, prise du côté du Nord". Contemp. handcol. optical view, Paris, J. Chereau, ±1760.
- A few grease stains in upper part. = Probably a rather fantasized view.
AND 4 others, i.a. view of the harbour of Caudebec (after J. VERNET, w. dam. spot in caption and hole in sky) and "L'entré du port" (engr. by Desmarest).
- Doubled; closed tear in right margin just affecting the image; sm. closed hole in lower right corner.
= Sixt v. Kapff K 375; Atlas van Stolk 4373; cf. F.M. 4408 and 4429.
AND 1 similar from the same series: "De Hollandse en Engelse Flotte na de Schlagt van Doggersbank".
- Spanish caption mounted on verso.
- Lacks captions; upper left corner sl. waterst.
= View of the Twelve Collegia building (since 1819 the university of St. Petersburg). The Neva in the background. Sixt v. Kapff K280.
- Captions not visible; sl. foxed in skyarea; not examined outside of frame.
= "Gesicht by de Koekamp; tot aan de Leidsche Brug". Sixt v. Kapff 215. Nice print showing an itinerant printseller.
- Sl. frayed in lower blank margin and sl. dustsoiled in blank margins.
ADDED: 6 other miscell. handcol. optical views, all dustsoiled and/ or w. other defects, i.a. "Vue de Florence et du Pont de la Trinité" (Paris, Mesard, ±1770. Creased and sl. stained in margins; contemp. annot. in pen in upper left corner) and "Le Palais de Cesar dans le Faubourg à Vienne appellé Favorita" (trifle frayed, creased and dustsoiled in margins).
- Sl. creased/ dustsoiled.
"Gezigt van de Kneuterdyk, op het Stadhouderlyk Quartier, de Nieuwe Kerk, de Plaats Rojaal, de Gevange Poort, het Loogement van Leyden &c: in 's Hage. 1764". Engr. optical view by P.C. LA FARGUE, engr. captions in Dutch belowe image, Amst., P. Fouquet Jr., 1764.
- Browned.
- Margins dust- and fingersoiled along edges, image fine; margins sl. frayed; lower margin cut to the platemark; laid down on stiff contemp. paper w. manuscript Dutch caption on verso.
= After the painting by Joseph Vernet, who painted all French harbours by royal request.
AND 2 others by the same after the same, showing views of Toulon: "Der alte See-Haven zu Toulon wie solcher auf der Seite beij den Kornhäussern anzusehen (...)" and "Der Zweijte Theil der Stadt und Rhede oder des Ancker-Ort zu Toulon" (left part of a diptych showing a panoramic view on the mooring harbour of Toulon).
- Trimmed on the platemark; sl. foxed in margins. = Sixt v. Kapff K 251.
- Soiled in margins; mounted on stiff paper w. 18th cent. Dutch manuscript caption on verso.
AND 3 others from the same series of Utrecht, all in similar condition: "Aussicht des äusersten Endes von der Maillen Baan zu Utrecht", "Aussicht bey der Malien Baan zu Utrecht von fornen anzu sehen" and "Aussicht von der Gilbrug, vor dem weissen Frauen Thor zu Utrecht".
- Both somewhat foxed in margins. = Sixt von Kapff K160 and K162.
AND 2 other optical views of Venice, printed by Daumont and Maillet.
- Margins somewhat dust- and fingersoiled; laid down on contemp. stiff paper; upper margin sl. frayed.
= Attractive bird's eye view on the San Marco square and part of the lagoon.
AND 2 other handcol. optical views, engr. by F.X. HABERMANN: of Venice (upper margin frayed just within the image) and "Vue du Mohle a Neaple, avec le nouveau chateau".
- All views margins dust- and fingersoiled; all sl. frayed edges; all laid down on contemp. stiff paper w. Dutch manuscript caption on verso.
= Probably complete series.
- Vague waterstain in lower caption; soiled in upper part; margins finger- and dustsoiled.
= Attractive view with a hunting party in the foreground.
AND 2 others similar by the same after the same, both views of Versailles.
- Stained.
ADDED: "Vue de la grande Église St. Laurent a Rotterdam". Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, Paris, Basset, ±1800.
- Clumsy remargined; wrinkled; stained; tear of ±4,5 cm in left margin, closed on verso w. paper.
"35 Vuë d'Optique nouvelle, Representant la G.de Rue et le Canal des Etrangers à Leyde en Hollande". Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, Paris, Basset, ±1800.
- Brown paint (imitating mahogany) partly worn away.
= Device to view optical views and other prints in private settings.