1794 Schenk, P., Hecatompolis. Same work, but with title: Afbeeldinge van een hondert der voornaamste en sterkste steeden in Europa. Amsterdam, Jan Roman. 1752. half bound. Uncut. 1795 18. With printed table and Index, without the portrait of the Elector, the plates numbered 1-100. Same work, same edition. half bound. Title wanting. 10.- 1796 Atlas van omtrent honderd platte gronden der voornaamste vestingen, kasteelen en steden van Europa, de Nederlanden en eenige Kolonien. Amst. (1790). 8o. half bound. 6. (Atlas of about 100 plans of fortified places in Europe and some Colonies.) Among the 100 plans and maps, 14 of American places occur, (on 7 sheets) viz.: Carthagena, Lima, All Saints Bay, Brazil, St. Salvador, Cayenne, the Fortress of Cayenne, Surinam, Berbice, Paramaribo, Curaçau, Demerary and Essequebo, New-Orleans, Mouth of the Mississippi. - 1797 Montanus' America. Amsterdam 1671. Set of 25 plates, all views of cities in N. and S. America. Fine Dutch engravings. lg. sq. fol. Good impressions, with margins, nicely mounted. 12. 1798 Weld, Travels through N. America. Set of the plates from the Dutch translation 1801. 10 Dutch engravings by Roosing. sq. 4o. 1799 St. Laurence-Gulf. 2. View of Miramichi, French Settlement fol. 1768. 1800 Nova-Scotia. View of Louisburg, when besieged in 1758. After a drawing made on the spot by Capt. Ince, engrav. by P. Canot. lg. sq. fol. From: Sandby, Recueil. 3. 1801 Hudson's River. View of Pakepsey and the Catts-Kill 3.Thomas Pownall was Governor of Massachusetts 1757-60, and of South Carolina 1760-61. The Palisades; The Narrows; Hell-Gate: 3 fine steel-engrav. lg. 1.50 From: Picturesque Beauties of the Hudson. 1835. 1803 East view of Hell-Gate. Engrav. by W. A. Williams 1775. sq. 8o. — From: Lond. Magazine. 1778. 1804 New-York 1805 1806 1807 View of the city, about 1665, with inscription: Novum Amsterodamum. sm. sq. 4o. Dutch text on verso. From: Montanus' America. Amst. 1671. Same view, same engraving. Engl. text on verso. From the Engl. translation of Montanus by Ogilby. Lond. 1671. 5. See on these views (No 1804,5): Asher's List of maps, pag. 21, III. View of the city, about 1750. With views of Quebec, Mexico and the Niagara. 4 Engrav. on 1 sheet lg. sq. fol. (From G. de L'Isle's Atlas. 1757). 3. View of New-York, Philadelphia, Mont-Real and Quebec in 4 medals, forming the ornamental border of the frontispiece to: Kalm, Reisen d. N. Amerika. 1772. Engrav. by Jacobs. lg. 4o. Proof bef. lett. 2. 1808 New-York. 1809 South East View of the city, in 1768. Drawn on the spot by Capt. Th. Howdell, engrav. by P. Canot. lg. sq. fol. Full marg. From: Sandby's Recueil. 4.50 2 Panoramic views of the city, taken from the North- and East River. 2 Coloured aquatints, painted and engr. by Rob. Havell, NewYork. 1844. 2 plates. lg. sq. fol. Each 80 by 22 centim. 6.See for other views of N. Y. (New-Amsterdam) occurring on maps of NewNetherland: Part IIId, Atlases and Maps. 1810 Pennsylvania. 1811 1812 View of Bethlehem, one of the Brethren's principal Settlements in Pennsylvania." Engrav. after N. Garrison by J. Noual. Published 1757. With separate explanation A-Z pasted under the plate. lg. sq. fol. Full margins. 15. Another view on the same Settlement, larger. After a sketch on the spot by Governor Pownall, engr. by P. Sandby. lg. sq. fol. From: Sandby's Recueil. 3.50 Beginning and completion of an American Settlement, (in Pennsylvania?) From a design by Gov. Pownall, engrav. by James Peake. lg. sq. fol. From: Sandby's Recueil. 1813 Philadelphia. 1814 3. „Afteykeninge van de Stadt Philadelphia in de Provinstie (sic) van Penn-Sylvania in America na de Copie tot London en int nederduyts laeten snyden door Jacob Claus." („Plan of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsylvania in America, after the copy of London (by G. Drogenham), Dutch engrav. by J. Claus.") With explanation in Dutch A-H. (Amst,, J. Claus. 1684). sq. fol. 32 by 21 centim. - Full marg. 18.— Belongs to the very rare work: Penn, Missive aan de Commissarissen v. de vrije Societeyt v. handelaars op de selve Provintie. Amst. 1684. (Letter to the commissaries of the free Society of Merchants to Pennsylvania, at London). See Rich, Biblioth. Amer. 403, and my Catal. Amer. 1206. At the foot of the plan an account how the dwellingplaces were assigned to the settlers, according to the number of acres bought by them, and the same plan very much reduced. Bird's eye view on the city. Coloured lithogr. by C. Matter. (1855?) lg. sq. fol. Sound copy. - 1815 Washington. -- 2.50 ,,Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the U. S. of America." Engr. by Thackara and Vallance. Philadelphia. 1792. lg. sq. fol. Very scarce. 15. In the left hand corner some: "Observations explanatory of the Plan", a plan but partly executed. View on the entrance of the Bay. French engrav., after (H.) Vernet. sq. 4o. 2.50 View of the city. After a painting of T. Mellish (about 1750), engrav. by C. Canot. lg. sq. fol. From: Sandby's Recueil. Plan of the city. Engrav. by R. Benning. sq. 4o.. For the London Magazine. (1775 ?) 1.50 fol. 1819 Bird's eye view. Coloured lithogr. by C. Matter. (1855 ?) lg. sq. 1820 Mexico, etc. 2.50 2. Views from Montanus' America; Gueudeville, Atlus his Mexico vetus. Nova Mexico. Potosi. - 1821 Mexico. Plan of the city, with that of Arzilla, occurring in an ornamental woodcut border of a work of the 16th century. - Mounted. 3.and Cusco. Prospects with figures of the inhabitants, engrav. by F. Hogenberg. 2 plates on 1 sheet sq. fol. From: Braun et Hogenberg, Civitates. Coloniae. 1572. 8. 1822 1823 Rare. -- On verso the text, in Latin, belonging to these plates. and Vera-Cruz. 2 Views, lithogr. by A. St. Aulaire. Paris (1850.) 2 plates. Ig. sq. fol. 1.50 1824 West-Indies. Set of 9 views in Cuba, St. Domingo and Guadaloupe. Engraved, after drawings made on the spot, by Elliott, Rooker, Morris, Canot, Peake, Benazech, etc. 9 fine plates, lg. sq. fol. Full marg. From: Sandby's Recueil. 12. 1825 Havana, St. Domingo and Porto-Rico. 3 Engraved views. sq. From: Montanus' America. 1671. 3. fol. 1826 1752, and St. Domingo. 2 Engraved views. sq. 4o. From: Schenk. and with address: Covens et Mortier. 2.1827 St. Domingo. Moreau de Saint-Méry, Recueil de vues des lieux principaux de Saint-Domingue, gravées par Ponce. Paris. 1791. lg. fol. boards. Set of 27 fine views on 15 sheets, 14 maps and 2 plates of sugar-mills. 12. 1828 Jamaica. - Views in Jamaica. After drawings on the spot by G. Roberton, engrav. by Lerpiniere and Vivares. London, J. Boydell. 1778. 3 plates marked: 3, 4, 6. lg. sq. fol. Fine. 4. 1829 Jamaica. Trelawney, city of the Maroon-Negroes. Dutch engrav. by Veelwaard. sq. 8°. -.50 3 Views and 3 plates of animals and insects, with French text, engraved on 1 sheet. lg. fol. From: Gueudeville, Atlas historique. View of Port St. George. Ozanne del. 1780, engrav by Canali. sq. fol. 3.- 1832 Martinique. View of the Island when attaqued by the Dutch fleet, 1674. Fine Dutch engraving (1675). sq. fol. 1833 2.50 View of the Island when taken by the English fleet, under command of Commodore Hervey, 1762. Engrav. by Charles Forest. lg. sq. 4o. 2.— 1834 St. Eustatius. - 2 Views, fine drawings in watercolours by C. C. Kanne after the originals of A. Nolson. 1774. With Dutch explanation, numb. 1-9 and 1-6. Very lg. sq. fol. 8.One upper corner restored. Large view, engraved by K. F. Bendorp. (about 1790). With explanation in Dutch, numb. 1-17. 2 sheets lg. sq. fol. 1836 Curaçau. 2 Different views on the harbour and town. Drawn on the spot by R. F. van Raders, 2 fine coloured aquatints by W. H. Hoogkamer. (1820). lg. sq. fol. 1837 8. The Lutheran Church at Curaçau. Dutch engraving with address of B. Mourik. (1750). sm. 4o. 1.1838 Surinam. Large view of Paramaribo, about 1750. With Dutch explanation 1--58 and A-T. Dutch engrav. with addr. B. Mourik. lg. sq. fol. 5. 1839 Surinam. Plan of the same city in 1804. After A. H. Hiemcke, engrav. by Visser. sq. fol. Coloured. 1840 2. Plan of the same city in 1850, drawn by (C. A. van Sypesteyn), the present Governor. Lith. sq. fol. With autograph signature of the author. 1841 Cayenne. 2.50 View in the country, with inscription: „c'est en cet endroit que se doit rendre la nouvelle Colonie Françoise, cet. Dressée par Mr. Betcow, Ingénieur." (1775?) Old French optica-plate, coloured. sq. 2.50 4". 1842 South-America. -- Views of various cities. Old engravings from Montanus; Schenk (See No. 1793); with address: Daumont (coloured), etc. 7 pc. sq. fol. and 4o. 3. Carthagena, Boavista, Nombre de Dios, St. Francisco de Campeche, etc. 1843 Brazil. Views of various cities. Old engravings, by Stoop; from Montanus, etc. 9 pc. sq. fol. and 4o. 3. Mauritiopolis, Arx Nassovii, Arx Guilielmi, Fort Real, Siara, the Island Views on Rio-Janeiro, engrav. by Vinkeles, and lith. Backer. 2 pc. sq. 4o. 1. Panoramic view of Rio-Janeiro. Very fine engr. printed in colours, Paris, Rittner et Goupil. (1835 ?) 1 plate in 2 sheets. lg. sq. fol. Together 100 by 20 centim. 10. View of Fernambuco, from Schenk (No. 1793). sq. 4o. 1.25 Panorama, taken from the Rua do Amorim. Fine aqua-tint by Salathé, publ. Basle and Rio Janeiro, Steinmann. Very lg. sq. fol. 100 by 25 centim. Folded. 4. Views on St. Salvador, old engravings from Schenk and from Moore's Travels. 2 pc. sq. fol. and 4o. 1.50 „Foret vierge du Brésil." Fine engraving by Fortier after Count Clarac. (1820?) Very large sq. fol. 75 by 54 centim. 8. A Landscape in Brazil. Charming picture: a large hacienda (farm); on the foreground the landholder and his wife, a negro and other figures; to the left a palmtree; in the distance a cultivated country. Painted in oil and signed by the celebrated Dutch Painter F. Post, (about 1640). On pannel, 25 by 15 centim. Exceedingly well preser ved. 200. Similar Landscape, in the same style, somewhat larger. On the foreground some negroes with their children; on the second plan a farm with the landlord and his wife, palmtrees, etc.; in the distance a river and several houses in a cultivated country. By the same artist, but not signed. Oilpainting on pannel, 27 by 20 centim. In the same good condition as the former. 200. The Dutch painter F. Post accompanied Count John Maurice of Nassau, 1852 Juan Fernandez. View on this Island, the spot where Alex. Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe) lived. Dutch engrav. (1770.) sq. fol. 1.50 1853 Sevilla, and Columbus' dwelling-place. Large view of this Spanish city; the houses and gardens very distinctly drawn; one of these last, a garden near the Puerta de Goles, adjacent to the Guadalquivir, bears the inscription: Guerta de Colon (Garden of Colon.) Prospect of the same city, with inscription at the top of one of the houses: Casa de Colon (House of Colon); with prospects of Cadix and Malaga, on one sheet. 2 Plates engraved by F. Hogenberg. Ig. fol. Coloured. From: Braun et Hogenberg, Civitates. Coloniae. 1572. 25.As the biographers of Columbus are still uncertain where he lived at Sevilla, these indications of Hogenberg deserve some further investigation. - 1854 Cadix. Large view of the city with its harbour, as it was when Columbus set off from thence to America. On the plate the figures of 2 animals, with inscript.: Canis leporarius ex Indiis Occidentalibus allatus, 1565 and Pica Peruviana allata, 1578. G. Houfnagel px., engrav. (by Hogenberg). lg. fol. With Latin explanation 1-24. (From the very rare work: Conrad Low, Seehanen Buch. Cölln. 1598?) 15.1855 Museum Americanum. Collection of Historical, Ethnographical and Topographical plates on America, from old Dutch Voyages, Descriptions of the New-World, cet. Some 300 engravings, folio, 4o and 8o, all nicely mounted in 2 portfolios of sound old Dutch paper of 1700. Imp. fol. 110. This collection, arranged in the early years of this century, embraces the sets of the plates and titles of many a rare work, f. i.: Porcacchi, l'Isole piu famose de Mondo. Venetia 1576. Montanus, America. 1671. Herrera, Descriptio Indiae Occident. Amst., M. Colyn. 1622. (With the rare portr. of Le Maire). Begin en Voortgangh v. d. Vereen. O. I. Comp. Amst. 1646. 2 vol. (Origin and progress of the United E. I. Company). Very rare. J. de Laet, Hist. of the (Dutch) W. I. Com pany. Leyden. 1644. Exquemelin, American pirates. Amst. 1678. (With their portr.) Egede, Description of Greenland and Strait |