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EUROPEAN PALACES AND CASTLES--An album containing 367 engraved plates on 350 sheets, 141 hand-coloured, 41 double-page, 8 double-page folding, some heightened with gold. [The Netherlands: 17th- early 18th-centuries.].
2° (525 x 345mm). (Occasional light staining or marking, some plates with short, neatly-repaired tears, the majority trimmed to borders and mounted.) Early 18th-century mottled calf gilt, sides with central floral lozenges and panelled with rolls terminated in floral cornerpieces and crowns, spine gilt in and titled 'Lusthuysen en Gesigten' (extremities a little rubbed and scuffed, spine chipped at foot, short split on upper joint), gilt edges. Provenance: early manuscript annotations on the verso and margins of last 2 plates -- 'Vente [?]Schadry acheté par Bn de [?]Draik' (inscription on front free endpaper) -- lot 4045, unidentified auction ([?Galerie Koller, Zurich, 26 May to 15 June 1970], loosely-inserted description stating that it was 'wohl für den jungen Karl VI. von Hapsburg [...] angefertigt').
A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF VIEWS, MANY FINELY HAND-COLOURED AND HEIGHTENED IN GOLD. According to an earlier, inserted description, perhaps assembled for Karl VI von Hapsburg. The plates are organised by locale, and end with a small section of military subjects. The plates include:
VERSAILLES: Veue et perspective du Château et Jardin; Le Trianon; Le Bassin de Latonc Amsterdam: De Lespine, [n.d.]. 2°, 3 hand-coloured double-page engraved plates, one by W. Swidde--Veues de Versailles. [Amsterdam]: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°, engraved title and 43 engraved plates by W. Swidde.
FONTAINBLEAU: Veue generale de Fontaine-bleau. [Amsterdam]: J. Danckerts, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate by C. Danckers heightened in gold--8 hand-coloured engraved plates of Fontainebleu heightened in gold, Amsterdam: J. Danckerts, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°.
VAUX: Veue et Perspective du Chateau. Amsterdam: J. Gole, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold--13 hand-coloured engraved plates of Vaux, one double-page, some heightened with gold. Amsterdam: J. Gole, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°.
LOO: Maison Royale de Loo. [Amsterdam]: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by D. Stoopendaal--Waare afbeelding van 't koninglyk lust-hof. [Amsterdam]: C. Allard, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by and after L. Scherm--16 hand-coloured engraved plates of the palace at Loo by and after L. Scherm, some heightened with gold. [Amsterdam]: C. Allard, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°.
SOESTDIJK: Generale afbeeldinge van 't Lust-Huijs en Hof. [Amsterdam]: G. Valck, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate by B. Stopendaal after B. Stuyvenburgh--16 engraved plates of Soest-Dijk. [Amsterdam]: G. Valck, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°.
DIEREN: Aenkonst van syne Kon: Maj: van Groot Brittanien op Dieren. Amsterdam: P. Schenk, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened with gold--16 engraved plates of the palace at Dieren. [?Holland]: [n.d.]. Oblong 4°.
LA SALE D'ORANGE: La Maison [...] nommée La Sale d'Orange. [?Hoorn]: A. Beek, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold--16 hand-coloured engraved plates of La Sale d'Orange, some heightened in gold. [Hoorn?]: A. Beek, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°.
HONSLERDYK: Generale Afbeeldinge van het Princelyke Lust Huys. [Amsterdam]: A. Blooteling, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate by Blooteling after A. Bega--Maison Royale. [Amsterdam]: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by D. Stoopendaal.
SWEDEN: 20 hand-coloured engraved plates of Swedish palaces, some heightened in gold. Oblong 4°.
SORGFLIET: General gesigt van het schone Perk van Sorfliet. Amsterdam: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by and after I. ab Avelen--Een der schoonste gesigten 't vermaarde Perk van Sorgfliet. Amsterdam: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by and after I. ab Avelen--15 hand-coloured engraved views of the palace at Sorgfliet, some heightened in gold. Oblong 4°.
TE VORST, ZUTPHEN: Vüe et perspective. [N.p.: n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by D. Marot--Afbeeldinge van het Huis te Voorst. Amsterdam: P. Schenk, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold--16 engraved plates of the palace of te Vorst. Oblong 4°.
ANGUIEN: 't Vermaarde Park van Anguien. Amsterdam: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate--16 engraved plates of the palace at Anguien. Oblong 4°.
DUINREL: View of Duinrel. Amsterdam: P. Schenk, 1707. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by Schenk--View of Duinrel. Amsterdam: P. Schenk, 1701. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by Schenk--16 hand-coloured engraved plates of the palace at Duinrel, some heightened in gold. Oblong 4°.
CLINGENDAAL: De Heer van St Anna-Lands Hofsted genaamt Clingendaal. Amsterdam: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate by and after D. Stopendaal--De Heer van St Anna-Lands Hofstede genaamt Clingendaal. Amsterdam: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened with gold by and after L. Scherm--32 engraved plates of the palace of Clingendaal. Oblong 4°.
HEEMSTEDE: Plan ou Veüe. [Amsterdam]: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. One 2° hand-coloured double-page folding plate on 2 sheets heightened in gold by D. Stoopendaal after I. Moucheron--Plan of the gardens at Heemstede. [Amsterdam]: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, double-page engraved plate by D. Stoopendaal--Plusiers belles, et plaisante veues. [Amsterdam]: the widow of N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, 13 sheets each bearing two engraved plates [including title] by and after I. Moucheron, the first two hand-coloured and heightened in gold.
GUNTERSTEIN: Veue Generalle du Chasteau de Gunterstein et Dependances. [?Holland]: De Lespine, [n.d.]. 2°, double-page engraved plate by and after W. Swidde--Veues de Gunterstein. Amsterdam: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°, engraved title and 15 plates by and after T. Mulder.
HEIDELBERG: Scenographia hortus palatinus a Frederico V electore palatino Heidelbergiae extructus 1620. Amsterdam: F. de Wit, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraving, heightened in gold.
ITALY: Frescati. Amsterdam: P. Mortier, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page folding engraved plate, heightened in gold--14 engraved plates of Frascati and the Vatican. [N.p.: n.d.]. Oblong 4°--Hortus et palatium atestinorum tyburi. Amsterdam: P. Mortier, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate, heightened in gold--5 views of Rome and Venice. Amsterdam: P. Mortier, [n.d.]. 5 plates, 2°, double-page, folding--20 views of Naples, Venice, Livorno and Genoa. Amsterdam: P. Mortier, [n.d.]. 10 engraved plates each bearing 2 views, 2°.
MILITARY: Le Jeu de la guerre. Amsterdam: P. Mortier, [n.d.]. Hand-coloured double-page folding engraving heightened in gold--Le Jeu des fortifications. Amsterdam: P. Mortier, [n.d.]. Hand-coloured double-page folding engraving heightened in gold--Tafel in welke vertoont werden alle Werk-wygen behorende tot de Krygs-Kunde vestingbouw Artillerye. Amsterdam: P. Schenk, 1703. Hand-coloured double-page engraving heightened in gold.
2° (525 x 345mm). (Occasional light staining or marking, some plates with short, neatly-repaired tears, the majority trimmed to borders and mounted.) Early 18th-century mottled calf gilt, sides with central floral lozenges and panelled with rolls terminated in floral cornerpieces and crowns, spine gilt in and titled 'Lusthuysen en Gesigten' (extremities a little rubbed and scuffed, spine chipped at foot, short split on upper joint), gilt edges. Provenance: early manuscript annotations on the verso and margins of last 2 plates -- 'Vente [?]Schadry acheté par Bn de [?]Draik' (inscription on front free endpaper) -- lot 4045, unidentified auction ([?Galerie Koller, Zurich, 26 May to 15 June 1970], loosely-inserted description stating that it was 'wohl für den jungen Karl VI. von Hapsburg [...] angefertigt').
A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF VIEWS, MANY FINELY HAND-COLOURED AND HEIGHTENED IN GOLD. According to an earlier, inserted description, perhaps assembled for Karl VI von Hapsburg. The plates are organised by locale, and end with a small section of military subjects. The plates include:
VERSAILLES: Veue et perspective du Château et Jardin; Le Trianon; Le Bassin de Latonc Amsterdam: De Lespine, [n.d.]. 2°, 3 hand-coloured double-page engraved plates, one by W. Swidde--Veues de Versailles. [Amsterdam]: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°, engraved title and 43 engraved plates by W. Swidde.
FONTAINBLEAU: Veue generale de Fontaine-bleau. [Amsterdam]: J. Danckerts, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate by C. Danckers heightened in gold--8 hand-coloured engraved plates of Fontainebleu heightened in gold, Amsterdam: J. Danckerts, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°.
VAUX: Veue et Perspective du Chateau. Amsterdam: J. Gole, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold--13 hand-coloured engraved plates of Vaux, one double-page, some heightened with gold. Amsterdam: J. Gole, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°.
LOO: Maison Royale de Loo. [Amsterdam]: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by D. Stoopendaal--Waare afbeelding van 't koninglyk lust-hof. [Amsterdam]: C. Allard, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by and after L. Scherm--16 hand-coloured engraved plates of the palace at Loo by and after L. Scherm, some heightened with gold. [Amsterdam]: C. Allard, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°.
SOESTDIJK: Generale afbeeldinge van 't Lust-Huijs en Hof. [Amsterdam]: G. Valck, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate by B. Stopendaal after B. Stuyvenburgh--16 engraved plates of Soest-Dijk. [Amsterdam]: G. Valck, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°.
DIEREN: Aenkonst van syne Kon: Maj: van Groot Brittanien op Dieren. Amsterdam: P. Schenk, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened with gold--16 engraved plates of the palace at Dieren. [?Holland]: [n.d.]. Oblong 4°.
LA SALE D'ORANGE: La Maison [...] nommée La Sale d'Orange. [?Hoorn]: A. Beek, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold--16 hand-coloured engraved plates of La Sale d'Orange, some heightened in gold. [Hoorn?]: A. Beek, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°.
HONSLERDYK: Generale Afbeeldinge van het Princelyke Lust Huys. [Amsterdam]: A. Blooteling, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate by Blooteling after A. Bega--Maison Royale. [Amsterdam]: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by D. Stoopendaal.
SWEDEN: 20 hand-coloured engraved plates of Swedish palaces, some heightened in gold. Oblong 4°.
SORGFLIET: General gesigt van het schone Perk van Sorfliet. Amsterdam: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by and after I. ab Avelen--Een der schoonste gesigten 't vermaarde Perk van Sorgfliet. Amsterdam: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by and after I. ab Avelen--15 hand-coloured engraved views of the palace at Sorgfliet, some heightened in gold. Oblong 4°.
TE VORST, ZUTPHEN: Vüe et perspective. [N.p.: n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by D. Marot--Afbeeldinge van het Huis te Voorst. Amsterdam: P. Schenk, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold--16 engraved plates of the palace of te Vorst. Oblong 4°.
ANGUIEN: 't Vermaarde Park van Anguien. Amsterdam: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate--16 engraved plates of the palace at Anguien. Oblong 4°.
DUINREL: View of Duinrel. Amsterdam: P. Schenk, 1707. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by Schenk--View of Duinrel. Amsterdam: P. Schenk, 1701. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by Schenk--16 hand-coloured engraved plates of the palace at Duinrel, some heightened in gold. Oblong 4°.
CLINGENDAAL: De Heer van St Anna-Lands Hofsted genaamt Clingendaal. Amsterdam: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate by and after D. Stopendaal--De Heer van St Anna-Lands Hofstede genaamt Clingendaal. Amsterdam: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened with gold by and after L. Scherm--32 engraved plates of the palace of Clingendaal. Oblong 4°.
HEEMSTEDE: Plan ou Veüe. [Amsterdam]: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. One 2° hand-coloured double-page folding plate on 2 sheets heightened in gold by D. Stoopendaal after I. Moucheron--Plan of the gardens at Heemstede. [Amsterdam]: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, double-page engraved plate by D. Stoopendaal--Plusiers belles, et plaisante veues. [Amsterdam]: the widow of N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, 13 sheets each bearing two engraved plates [including title] by and after I. Moucheron, the first two hand-coloured and heightened in gold.
GUNTERSTEIN: Veue Generalle du Chasteau de Gunterstein et Dependances. [?Holland]: De Lespine, [n.d.]. 2°, double-page engraved plate by and after W. Swidde--Veues de Gunterstein. Amsterdam: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°, engraved title and 15 plates by and after T. Mulder.
HEIDELBERG: Scenographia hortus palatinus a Frederico V electore palatino Heidelbergiae extructus 1620. Amsterdam: F. de Wit, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraving, heightened in gold.
ITALY: Frescati. Amsterdam: P. Mortier, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page folding engraved plate, heightened in gold--14 engraved plates of Frascati and the Vatican. [N.p.: n.d.]. Oblong 4°--Hortus et palatium atestinorum tyburi. Amsterdam: P. Mortier, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate, heightened in gold--5 views of Rome and Venice. Amsterdam: P. Mortier, [n.d.]. 5 plates, 2°, double-page, folding--20 views of Naples, Venice, Livorno and Genoa. Amsterdam: P. Mortier, [n.d.]. 10 engraved plates each bearing 2 views, 2°.
MILITARY: Le Jeu de la guerre. Amsterdam: P. Mortier, [n.d.]. Hand-coloured double-page folding engraving heightened in gold--Le Jeu des fortifications. Amsterdam: P. Mortier, [n.d.]. Hand-coloured double-page folding engraving heightened in gold--Tafel in welke vertoont werden alle Werk-wygen behorende tot de Krygs-Kunde vestingbouw Artillerye. Amsterdam: P. Schenk, 1703. Hand-coloured double-page engraving heightened in gold.
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