[A collection of views of The Netherlands, engraved late 17th-early 18th centuries]

Folger bibliographic ID: 260018
Folger call number: ART Vol. d100
Folger holdings ID: 343419
Accession Number: 226946

Bibliographic format

4 are folding, 2 are single page

General notes

40 engravings with the Leiden imprint (1 of 3 sets of matching borders) have the excudit of C. Allard with the sculpsit of L. Sherm used occasionally Contents: castles, palaces, manor houses, churches, gardens, and general views Foliated and paginated in pencil, 1-54, 55a-b, 56-94, hinged to binding Nos. 57-59, engravings of antiquities by Jan de Mel representing the goddess, Nehalennia, along with coins and artifacts, are from the appendix to H.F. van Heussen, Batavia sacra. Thiene-Becker's Künstler Lexikon gives imprint, Leiden, 1725. See also, A. van der Aa, Biog. woordenboek Other signed prints are by Cornelius Elandt The imprint, A Leide, Chez Pierre van der Aa, appears in 48 architectural borders, sometimes incorporating 2-3 plates, 1 with his imprint is without a border. 3 others have no imprint, but are certainly by him This record contains unverified data from old cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance Two prints were added at a later date: no. 55a by F.E. Werotter, engraved by J.J. Le Veau, and no. 94 by Pieter Vogelaer. The latter, the church of St. Lievens Monster, is from M. Smallegane, Nieuwe cronyck van Zeeland, Middleburg, 1696. See A. van der Aa, Biog. woordenboek, under Vogelaer and Smallegane. A monogram, lower left, reads variously - AL, All, or possibly, St. L

Castles Gardens Mythology Netherlands

artist: Elandt, Cornelis, active 1663-1670
artist: Le Veau, Jean Jacques, 1729-1785
artist: Mel, Jan de, active 1725
artist: Scherm, Lorenz, active approximately 1700
artist: Vogelaer, Pieter, 1641-approximately 1720
artist: Weirotter, Franz Edmund, 1730-1771