SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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KRUIJFF, Cornelis de.
Vues choisis d'Amsterdam et ses environs dessinées d'apres nature.

A rare series of beautiful and attractive views of Amsterdam and its surroundings. a magnificent image of Amsterdam as it was at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Included rare views of the Royal palace, Kalverstraat, Heerengracht, Amstel, the city-gates, Felix Meritis, the Old and New Churches, the Royal Museum (Trippenhuis), markets, Post office, theatres, exchange, parks, etc. Outside Amsterdam, there are views of the House Zwanenburg at Half-weg, the Pavillon at Haarlem, the Royal palaces at Soestdijk, The Hague and Apeldoorn (Het Loo), Broekhuisen at Leersum in the province of Utrecht.

Published
Amsterdam: chez François Buffa & Fils, [1825].
References
Bobins II 424; Landwehr, Dutch books with coloured plates 339; Atlas van Stolk 5924; Thieme-Becker XXII, p.26.
Plates
45
Binding/Size
L=FOLIO
Value
0-5000
Published
Amsterdam: chez François Buffa & Fils, [1825].
Ref
1232

[Selected views of Amsterdam and its surroundings drawn from nature.] Magnificent coloured aquatints picturing Amsterdam in the first quarter of the nineteenth century Folio (34 x 26 cm). Full red morocco with two gilt decorated borders on sides, green morocco lozenge-shaped title label to upper cover, spine re-backed with green morocco title label, fresh cloth hinges, marbled endpapers. Engraved title page (not lithographed as Landwehr states) by J.C. Zürcher and 45 aquatint plates (ca. 195 x 225 mm), finely coloured by a contemporary hand (as issued), numbered 1-40 only, each with the address of 'Buffa et Fils Kalverstraat no. 221' and the first forty with the caption 'Vue d'Amsterdam,' the last five depicting estates and palaces in Haarlem (Pavillon), Soestdijk, The Hague (Huis ten Bosch), Apeldoorn (Het Loo), and Leersum (Broekhuisen) by A Lutz (29) and W.H. Hoogkamer (16), after the drawings by Cornelis de Kruyf (36), A. Toselli (1), J. Jelgershuis (2) De Fonteneau (1), H.C. ten Cate (3) and H. Greeven (2). One leaf with the list of plates in Dutch and French. A rare series of beautiful and attractive views of Amsterdam and its surroundings. The book is the first of Buffa's Amsterdam color plate books and was published in installments. The plates are carefully mounted on larger leaves and set off with a thick black border; the captions are in Dutch and French. The series provides a magnificent image of Amsterdam at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Included are views of the Royal Palace (also a plate of the interior), Kalverstraat, Heerengracht, Amstel, the city gates, Felix Meritis, the Old and New Churches, the Royal Museum (Trippenhuis), markets, Post office, theatres, exchange, parks, etc. Outside Amsterdam, there are views of the House Zwanenburg at Half-weg, the 'Pavillon' at Haarlem, the Royal palaces at Soestdijk, The Hague and Apeldoorn (Het Loo), and the 'Riderhofstad' (manor house) Broekhuisen at Leersum in the province of Utrecht. Very nice and beautifully bound interleaved copy. *Rebinding and restoration work on this book was carried out by Ron Norman of Hartlepool. (Ronnorm@aol.com)* Coloured plates in order: 1. La Palais du Roi. 2. Vue du Kalverstraat prise du Gapersteeg. 3. Le Canal dit Heerengracht entre les Rues dites Vyzel- et Spiegelstraat. 4. La Porte de Weesp prise du Rempart. 5. Vue de l'Amiraute. 6. L'Academie des Artes dite Felix Meritis. 7. Vue interieure de l'Eglise neuve. 8. Le Pont de l'Amstel. 9. La Porte de Muyde prise du dehors. 10. La Tour dite aux Harengs. 11. Le Musee Royal. 12. L'Eglise Catholique de Pool et l'ecole de Marine. 13. Le Magasin de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, ecroule le 14 Avril 1822. 14. La Porte de Harlem prise du dehors. 15. Le Marche au Beurre. 16. Le Marche aux Fleurs. 17. Vue interieure de l'ancienne Eglise Reformee. 18. Le Canal dit Voorburgwal derriere le Palais, l'Hotel des Postes etc. 19. La Maison des Orphelines Catholiques sur le Spuy. 20. Le Theatre Hollandais et la Porte de Leyde. 21. La Caserne Orange - Nassau. 22. Le Kalverstraat et la tour de la Monnaye. 23. La Porte d'Utrecht prise du dehors. 24. La Grande Bourse prise du Rok-in. 25. La Maison de Foree. 26. La Synagogue Portugaise. 27. Le Parc. 28. Nouveau Frascati. 29. L'Eglise Catholiquela Foi, l'Esperance et la Charite. 30. La Spectacle Francais. 31. La Synagogue Allemande. 32. La Tour dote Mont - Alban. 33. La Grande Bourse a l'interieur. 34. L'Amstel, le Heerengracht et le pont dit Blaauw-brug etc. 35. La Maison dite O.Z. Heeren - Logement. 36. Le Quai dit Zeeregt ou Kamperhoofd. 37. Le Grande Salle du Palais Royal. 38. La Maison des Orphelines dite Diaconie, le pont dit Blaauw-brug etc. 39. Le Jardin dit Land - en Yzigt hors la porte de Harlem. 40. L'Edifice a mi-chemin de Harlem connu sous le nom de Zwanenburg. 41. Vue du Pavillon de Harlem prise du Bois. 42. Maison de la Plaisance de Soesdijk prise du cote du jardin. 43. Vue de la de Plaisance au Bois de la Haye. 44. Vue de Loo, residence ordinaire de S.M. le Roi pendant l'ete. 45. Vue de Broekhuisen, Facade du Chateau.