5864 - 5888 FINE ARTS - OPTICAL VIEWS
- Captions cut off. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIII.
- Not examined outside of box.
- Sm. dam. in lower corner. = Nice and lively view. Sixt v. Kapff K 186.
ADDED 4 others, i.a. 2x showing a courtyard of an unidentified palace (both contemp. handcol. engr. optical views, n.pl., ±1770, both laid down on board w. perforations backed w. col. paper for candlelight viewing. Both fine) and "Vüe Perspective du Fauxbourg et du port de Scheveningue à une lieue de la Haye, en Hollande" (contemp. handcol. optical view, Paris, Daumont, ±1750. w. perforations backed w. col. paper. Sl. creased copy).
- Both w. two pinholes in left blank margin/ contemp. annot in lower blank margin/ trifle frayed/ vaguely waterst. near left edge.
- Sl. yellowed/ foxed. = Sixt v. Kapff K22.
- Sl. yellowed; small stain in sky area. = Sixt v. Kapff K305.
- Caption cut off (titled in contemp. hand on verso).
= Embellished with large windows in the cathedral and in the Baptistry of San Giovanni, showing i.a. papal symbols. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIII.
(A view of the Dome). Handcol. engr. optical view, n.pl., n.d. (±1750), laid down on board w. perforations backed w. colour paper for candlelight viewing.
- Duststained and small (closed) hole in sky area; sm. (closed) hole; captions cut off.
- Duststained; caption below cropped.
= Attractive and lively scene with small cut out handcol. engr. portraits of men and women placed in the larger windows. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIV.
AND 1 other similarly embellished optical view, titled in manuscript: "het vorstelyk Casteel van Hogendaal te Leijpsich" (n.pl., n.d. (±1770), without engr. title, surrounded by black borders. Captions cut off).
- All unidentified (captions cut off).
- Captions cut off, titled in contemp. manuscript on verso. Otherwise fine. = Rare.
ADDED 2 others, i.a. De Parade plaats te Manheijm (contemp. handcol. optical view, Augsb., Probst, ±1770, perforations backed with col. paper for candlelight viewing. Captions cut off, contemp. manuscript title on verso; fine view. Sixt v. Kapff K68).
- Captions cut off. Otherwise fine.
(Het paleys en Mosque des Keijsers te Ispahan). Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, n.pl., n.d. (±1770), laid down on board w. perforations backed w. colour paper for candlelight viewing, w. black borders.
- Caption cut off, title in contemp. manuscript on verso.
AND 1 other: "Triomf-Boogh a Canton" (contemp. handcol. optical view, Augsb., G.B. Probst, ±1770, laid down on board w. perforations backed w. col. paper for candlelight viewing. Margins duststained. Six v. Kapff K 309).
- Cut short in left, right and upper margin (w. partial loss of caption above); sl. creased and foxed.
- Various defects; mostly image cut sl. short.
= I.a. views of the triumphal arch of St. Martin, The Hagia Sophia in Constantinople and the Berlin palace.
- Caption cut off and mounted on verso; black paint on borders on left and right side worn off.
"Vüe du Colege de Ste Marie: et de l'Hotel de Ville d'Oxford". Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, n.pl., n.d. (±1770), laid down on board w. perforations backed w. colour paper for candlelight viewing, within black borders. - AND 2 other contemp. handcol. optical views, both of London, both laid down on board w. perforations backed w. col. paper for candlelight viewing, both within black borders, i.a. "Vüe Perspective du Marché aux Fleurs à London" (Paris, Daumont, ±1770. Sl. duststained in margins).
- Captions cut off, title in contemp. manuscript on verso; sl. stained in left margin and a few sm. stains in sky area.
= Nice view with the Pont Neuf and 'La Pompe de la Samaritaine', a beautiful pumphouse providing running water to the Louvre and Tuileries, in the foreground. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIV.
De Plaets Royael a Parijs. Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view heightened w. gold, n.pl., n.d. (±1750), laid down on board w. perforations backed w. colour paper for candlelight viewing, within black painted borders.
- Captions cut off, title in contemp. manuscript on verso. Black borders sl. worn. Otherwise fine.
AND 2 others, i.a. Paleijs des Tuilleries Frankrijk (contemp. handcol. optical view heightened w. gold, n.pl., n.d. (±1770), perforations backed w. col. paper for candlelight viewing, within black borders).
- Foxed in margins. = Attractive view of the Louvre under construction.
- Caption cut off, titled in contemp. hand on verso.
= Nicely embellished with handcol. engr. prints of people parading under the arches of the arcade to the left.
- Each w. two pinholes in left blank margin/ contemp. annot in lower blank margin; two w. waterst. near left edge; one w. 2 marginal tears just affecting the image.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCV.
- Lower margin cut trifle short, just touching captions.
= Embellished w. handcol. engr. of people in (enlarged) windows and doorways.
AND 3 other contemp. handcol. optical views, all laid down w. perforations backed w. col. paper for candlelight viewing, partly within black borders, i.a. "Vue de l 'Eglise de St. Jean de Latran à Rome" (Paris, Daumont, ±1750. Former central vertical fold) and "Vüe du Quirinal ou Palais du Pape sur le Montagne Cavallo a Rome" (ibid., idem, ±1770. Sl. stained in right margin of image and blank margins soiled).