Afbeeldinge der voornaamste Gebouwen van Amsterdam.
SCHENK, Petrus. Afbeeldinge der voornaamste Gebouwen van Amsterdam. Engraved title-page, index and 100 fine engraved views with captions in Latin and Dutch. Small oblong folio, 210 x 265 mm., bound in contemporary full English calf with red morocco spine label. Amsterdam: n.p., [ca. 1700].
A rare complete copy of this engraved survey of Amsterdam and its surrounding regions produced by the prolific engraver and map publisher Petrus Schenk the Elder (1660-1711). A fine copy with crisp, dark impressions. The work's importance is attested by several twentieth-century reprints.
OCLC locates no copies of this edition in the U.S. However it is in fact a reissue of Den hoog-edelgeboren heer C. de Jonge van Ellemeet, heere van Ellemeet, etc. etc. etc. voor desen ontfanger generael vande unie, nu raed ende pensionaris der stadt Rotterdam, etc. etc. etc. word de Afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam of 1695, of which OCLC records copies at The National Gallery and Northwestern. Binding with some minor professional restoration.
Hollstein 1098-1197.
Item nr. 164542
Price:
$12,500.00