Live auction - Lot 565
[Netherlands]
Het Zegenpralent Kennemerlant, vertoont in veele heerelyke gezichten van deszelfs voornaemste lustplaetzen, adelyke huizen, dorp- en stede-gebouwen [...].
Amsterdam, A. & H. de Leth, [1732 or 1733?]
Hammer price: €
450
€ 350 / 450
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Lot description
2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [8]-24-18 pp.; 100 + 1 pl. (bl. lower margin of title cut off, pl. 48 twice present, light damp stain on pl. 55-57, 75-76, 93-100, esp. on the last pp.).
Contemp. vellum (rebound, new flylvs, a few tr. of use). Nice copy.
Exceptional picture atlas with the "delights" of Kennemerland in North Holland. Ill. with front., title, a map of Noord-Kennemerland and 101 numb. engr. printed 1 pl. per page only (normal copies have 2 views on every page). Nice dark impressions of the engravings. The engraver H. de Leth (1703-1766) chose from the greatest gardens and estates in the surroundings of Haarlem at the beginning of the 18th c. The title-page has different states and editions.
Ref. STCN (other ed.).
Prov. Ms. entry. - Libr. stamp.