QUELLIEN, Hubert (1619-1687). Praecipuarum effigierum ac ornamentorum amplissimae Curiae Amstelrodamensis ... Van de voornaemste Statuen ende Ciraten, vant konstrÿck Stadhuys van Amstelredam ... De plusieurs Figures et ornements, de la Maison de Ville d'Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Frederick de Witt, 1665-1668 [but 1668]. 2 parts in one volume, 2° (435 x 270mm). Etched throughout. 108 plates, of which two folding, including the titles, lists of plates and portraits. (The large folding plates with old marginal repairs and creases.) Contemporary sprinkled calf, richly gilt (spine head chipped, small punctures on upper side, lightly rubbed). Provenance: Guild of Clay Modellers, Amsterdam (prize-giving title inscription dated 1776 to:) -- 'Nachenius' -- Emily Mercer, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1819-1895; signature, bookplate).

QUELLIEN, Hubert (1619-1687). Praecipuarum effigierum ac ornamentorum amplissimae Curiae Amstelrodamensis ... Van de voornaemste Statuen ende Ciraten, vant konstrÿck Stadhuys van Amstelredam ... De plusieurs Figures et ornements, de la Maison de Ville d'Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Frederick de Witt, 1665-1668 [but 1668]. 2 parts in one volume, 2° (435 x 270mm). Etched throughout. 108 plates, of which two folding, including the titles, lists of plates and portraits. (The large folding plates with old marginal repairs and creases.) Contemporary sprinkled calf, richly gilt (spine head chipped, small punctures on upper side, lightly rubbed). Provenance: Guild of Clay Modellers, Amsterdam (prize-giving title inscription dated 1776 to:) -- 'Nachenius' -- Emily Mercer, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1819-1895; signature, bookplate).

First collected edition, recording the fine sculptural decorations in Amsterdam City Hall by Artus Quellien. The individual parts were first published in 1655 and 1663 respectively, and issued here together by de Witt with 4 additional plates. Berlin Kat. 4211; RIBA 2686.