5864 - 5888 FINE ARTS - OPTICAL VIEWS
- Sl. foxed.
- Both mounted on board.
- Sl. duststained.
= One of four views of Vicenza by Probst. Sixt v. Kapff K 174. Embellished with small engr. portraits in the doorways and windows of the various buildings.
Vue de la Place de St. Charels et la porte Neuve à Turin. Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, n.pl., n.d. (±1770), laid down on board w. perforations backed w. colour paper for candlelight viewing.
- A few small stains in the sky area; caption cut off, titled in contemp. hand on verso.
= Embellished with sm. handcol. engr. figures in two enlarged windows.
- Sl. duststained. = Sixt v. Kapff K268. Embellished w. handcol. engr. portraits in (enlarged) windows.
ADDED: 2 other contemp. handcol. optical views, both laid down on board w. perforations backed w. col. paper for candlelight viewing, both within black borders: "Vue Perspective de la principale façade du Monastère Royal de l 'Escurial, du côte du Midy" (Paris, Daumont, ±1770) and (Prospectus curiae in foro mercantorum dicto, Mediolani) (n.pl., n.d. (±1770)).
- Caption of all prints cut off; second print sl. stained in sky area. Otherwise fine and attractively coloured.
= Sixt v. Kapff K417, K418, K419 and K420. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCV.
AND 2 other optical views, similarly prepared for candle-light viewing: "Rome dans son Ancienne Splendeur" (sl. duststained) and "Decoration de Théatre representant les Jardins de Circe Magicienne femme de Minos" (sl. cut short in vertical margin).