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| 728 |  | Details | Braun and Hogenberg | 1571 |
| Plan of Enkhuizen, Netherlands |
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Braun and Hogenberg |
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| 1571 |
| LOC:89 |
| $440.00 | Braun-and-Hogenberg | Plan-of-Enkhuizen--Netherlands | Very special and much underappreciated plan of Enkhuizen, Netherlands published by Braun and Hogenberg but probably drawn by famous cartographer Lucas Janszoon Wagenhaer, pre-dating his famous atlas the "Spiegel der Zeevaerdt". This is to our knowledge the first readily available work by Waghenaer who was born and raised in Enkhuizen, Netherlands |
| 469 |  | Details | van Campen, Jacob | 1661 |
| Architecture Title Page |
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van Campen, Jacob |
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| 1661 |
| LOC:50 |
| $475.00 | van-Campen--Jacob | Architecture-Title-Page | Beautifully engraved antique title page to a volume of architectural drawings of the Amsterdam state house by artist Jacob Vennekool, after a sculpture by the Dutch sculptor Artus Quellinus. The town hall was built by <strong>Jacob van Campen</strong> during the period 1648-55. The building was itself an emblem of the great commercial successes of the Dutch, successes that were specifically celebrated in rich sculptural decorations.
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This superb title page is adorned with putti playing trumpets and with symbols reflecting the importance of navigation and sea exploration to Amsterdam during the late 17th century: ships, anchor, cannon, and three backstaffs, as well as two nude figures representing <strong>New World native Americans.</strong> Less than 50 years earlier, in 1614, the Dutch founded a trading post in lower Manhattan, 'New Amsterdam', later New York.
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This page was published by Frederick de Widt (de Wit) in Amsterdam ca. 1661. Wit, a printer, publisher, and map seller, is well known today for the atlases and charts he published from Amsterdam in the mid to late 17th century. |
| 472 |  | Details | Luyken, Jan | 1694 |
| de Bootsgesel |
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Luyken, Jan |
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| 1694 |
| LOC:0 |
| $0.00 | Luyken--Jan | de-Bootsgesel | SOLD
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Small engraved print from a book of professions produced in 1694. Shows a Venetian sailor, with glass in hand (discarded bottles below) on shore with his sea chest. With a small poem below that ends in ' Myn Godt ! '. (Dutch translations accepted :] ).
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By Amsterdam artists Jan and Casper Luyken in 'Spiegel van het Menselyk Bedryf.' Page 298. |
| 920 |  | Details | Vianen, Jan van | 1698 |
| Title Page from Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae Geographicae… |
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Vianen, Jan van |
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| 1698 |
| LOC:0 |
| $250.00 | Vianen--Jan-van | Title-Page-from-Claudii-Ptolemaei-Tabulae-Geographicae… | Antique engraved print. Beautiful copperplate engraved title page from Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum Veteribus Cogniti, engraved by Jan van Vianen. Published by François Halma & Willem van den Water, Utrecht & Leonard Strick, Franeker, in 1698. |
| 921 |  | Details | Sauzet, Henri du | 1734 |
| Title Page from Mercator's Atlas Minor |
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Sauzet, Henri du |
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| 1734 |
| LOC:1 |
| $100.00 | Sauzet--Henri-du | Title-Page-from-Mercator-s-Atlas-Minor | Antique engraved Dutch title page from Du Sauzet's Latin edition of Gerard Mercator's 'Atlas Minor'. Amsterdam. Dated within to 1734. Decorated with goddesses representing various geographical regions: Africa, Asia, Europa, Magalanica, Mexican, and Peruana, |
| 480 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 |
| Een eenmast koopvaardy Hoeker |
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Groenewegen, Gerritt |
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| 1791 |
| LOC:1 |
| $175.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | Een-eenmast-koopvaardy-Hoeker | Small, nicely detailed copperplate etching of a Dutch two-masted merchant Hoeker with the mainsail partially furled. From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen". Note from the stern view the gaff-rigged mizzen-mast and the steering tiller.
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On chain-laid paper with a fleur-de-lis watermark. From volume 'B' number 5. |
| 481 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 |
| Driemast Hoeker Zeylende voor de wind |
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Groenewegen, Gerritt |
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| 1791 |
| LOC:1 |
| $175.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | Driemast-Hoeker-Zeylende-voor-de-wind | Small beautifully detailed etching of a large Dutch three-masted merchant Hoeker running before the wind. From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen". Note the gaff-rigged mizzen-mast, the long steering tiller, and clothes drying above the cabin.
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On chain-laid paper with a fleur-de-lis watermark. From volume C, number 8. |
| 482 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 |
| een Kat of houthaalder zyn anker opwindende |
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Groenewegen, Gerritt |
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| 1791 |
| LOC:1 |
| $165.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | een-Kat-of-houthaalder-zyn-anker-opwindende | Small detailed etched engraving of a large Dutch three-masted kat with the crew hauling the wood-stocked anchor at the port bow. From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen". Note that the mainsail and foresail are furled and the topsails are at right angle- probably to help the vessel stay in place while weighing anchor.
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On chain-laid paper with a fleur-de-lis watermark. From volume E, number 10. |
| 483 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 |
| Boot Schip, zeylende voor de wind |
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Groenewegen, Gerritt |
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| 1791 |
| LOC:1 |
| $195.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | Boot-Schip--zeylende-voor-de-wind | Small detailed etching of a large Dutch three-masted ship (Boot Schip) running with a heavy breeze from astern- the crew attending to the main top-gallant sail- probably reefing the sail due to the heavy weather. From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen".
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On chain-laid paper with a fleur-de-lis watermark. From volume E, number 8. |
| 484 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 |
| Koopvaardy-buys Zeylende by de wind |
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Groenewegen, Gerritt |
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| 1791 |
| LOC:1 |
| $175.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | Koopvaardy-buys-Zeylende-by-de-wind | Etching of a Dutch three-masted square-rigged ship running on port tack. <BR> </BR>
From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen".
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On chain-laid paper with a fleur-de-lis watermark. From volume E, number 6. |
| 485 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 |
| een Veerpont |
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Groenewegen, Gerritt |
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| 1791 |
| LOC:1 |
| $225.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | een-Veerpont | Detailed etching of a small ferry with both sails and a sweep, or large oar, used to propel and steer the vessel. The ferry is laden with horse-drawn carriages and passengers.
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From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen".
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On chain-laid paper with a fleur-de-lis watermark. From volume F, number 12. |
| 486 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 |
| Barkentyn Zeylende by de wind |
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Groenewegen, Gerritt |
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| 1791 |
| LOC:1 |
| $215.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | Barkentyn-Zeylende-by-de-wind | Small detailed etching of a two-masted 'barkentine' running with in rough weather on starboard tack. In today's terminology this vessel would likely be considered as a brig, a two-masted vessel with square rigged fore and main masts and a gaff-rigged sail on the main mast.
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From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen".
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On chain-laid paper with a fleur-de-lis watermark. From volume E, number 7. |
| 487 |  | Details | Groenewegen, Gerritt | 1791 |
| een Beurtschip |
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Groenewegen, Gerritt |
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| 1791 |
| LOC:1 |
| $185.00 | Groenewegen--Gerritt | een-Beurtschip | Small detailed etching of a "beurtschip" or sailing barge. Built with a flat bottom and leeboards to compensate for lack of a keel, the beurtship could carry passengers or freight.
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From a series of 84 engravings published in seven volumes from 1787 to 1791 by Gerritt Groenewegen (1754 - 1826): "Verscheide soorten van Hollandse Vaartuigen".
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On chain-laid paper with a fleur-de-lis watermark. From volume F, number 9. |
| 223 |  | Details | Tardieu, Ambroise | 1822 |
| SOLD--- Carte des Bouches de L'Escaut |
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Tardieu, Ambroise |
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| 1822 |
| LOC:0 |
| $0.00 | Tardieu--Ambroise | SOLD------Carte-des-Bouches-de-L-Escaut | This item is SOLD. <BR> </BR>
Tardieu's engraving of Zeeland , based on an earlier work of Beautemps-Beaupre, covers the many waterways associated with the mouth of the Scheldt (Fr. Escaut) river. Key cities in the Southern Netherlands included in the map include Sluis, Middelburg, and Berg Op Zoom, and Anvers. Most larger cities are shown still fortified with the Vauban-inspired defensive walls that were needed for protection during that period. This work is probably from one of a six-volume series published by General Count Mathieu Dumas: "Précis des Evénemens militaires. Recueil de plans et de cartes pour servir à l'intelligence des opérations militaires décrites dans le texte."<BR> </BR>
Amboise Tardieu (1788 - 1841) was descended from a family of famous French engravers that included Pierre Alexandre Tardieu and Nicolas Tardieu, a 17th century coppersmith from Paris. Tardieu is sometimes confused with his famous son Auguste Ambroise Tardieu, France's top expert in forensic pathology. |
| 391 |  | Details | Huggins, W.J. | 1842 |
| Ships of the General Steam Navigation Company, Off Rotterdam. |
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Huggins, W.J. |
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| 1842 |
| LOC:0 |
| $600.00 | Huggins--W-J- | Ships-of-the-General-Steam-Navigation-Company--Off-Rotterdam- | Hand-colored aquatint by William John Huggins from 1842 of the steamers Giraffe and Ocean in Rotterdam Harbor. In the foreground a small boat is shown ferrying passengers dressed in Dutch clothing of that era. <BR> </BR>
The steam side-wheelers Giraffe and Ocean were both launched in 1836 and operated as mail steamers for the General Steam Navigation Company (GSNC) . Not the Robert E. Lee ( ex Giraffe), a Civil War Confederate blockade runner built in 1862 with twin stacks.
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The GSNC was founded in 1824 in Greenwich, England. For 150 years the firm was London's top short-sea shipping service with routes between the ports of Britain and north west Europe.
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Attribution line below the print reads: "Painted by W.J. Huggins, marine painter to his late majesty William IV. London. Published by Mr. Huggins 105 Leadenhall Street. 1842. Engraved by E. Duncan." |