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Therefore, apart from some illustrations produced by ireland himself (signed “si”), apostool made most of the illustrations in the bookpartly because of his preference for aquatint, ireland appealed to the amsterdam painter cornelis apostool () who was known as a master of aquatintincidentally, apostool later in his career also worked as a diplomat and was eventually appointed as the first director of what would eventually become the amsterdam rijksmuseumegerton, whitehall - cm - (xvi) 213 (exclon verso title page it says “jsamuel ireland () was an english engraver and writer\tthe canal, called de oude rhyn, leyden 14\tvillage of broek in north holland 21the logo of the wican free public library has been inconspicuously blind-stamped to several pages in the book (see photos)images) condition: good\trotterdam from kattendregt-ferry across the maes 5\tentrance to delft from rotterdam 8\tbergen op zoom read morei” in pencil and there is a library stamp (see photos)the endpapers show the ex-libris of “estcourt library” and the ex-libris of “wican free public library” (see photos)samuel ireland initially wanted to etch each image himself but eventually abandoned this idea for fear that he might not be good enough, but also because he now preferred aquatintsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki\tthe house where wouvermans resided, on the bakenessegragt, haarlem 18(?)” and in pencil it the yearthe preface describes that the mapping of the coastal landscape was the primary purpose of the journey to the low countries\tscheveningen 11there are age spots throughout the book (see photos), but the bookblock is otherwise clean and firmly boundthe report of this journey was first published in in two volumes, of which this is the first volume\tcrossing the maes from gorcum 27\thouse in the wood, near the hague 12our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store\tamsterdam and bridge across the amstel 19\thaerlem from amsterdam road 16\thalf-way house, between leyden and haerlem 15\tde zwaan-ferry, on the maes, near gorcum 26\tferry-house at viannen, crossing the rhine, between utrecht and gorcum 25in this way, it is possible to create more even surfaces instead of having to mark them all with linesthe first free leaf says in old handwriting “cat bought december h\tentrance to leyden 13hope's villa, near haarlem 17please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefirst volume of the first edition of the beautiful report of a journey through holland, with beautiful aquatint images of dutch cities and landscapes a picturesque tour through holland, brabant and part of france made in the autumn of illustrated with copper plates in aqua tinta from drawings made on the spot by samuel ireland, “ipse oculis perlustravit” livthere is a sign with a swan and a smoking man sitting at a table\tentrance to the hague from delft 10\tdordrecht or dort 7the title page - which is cut a bit short at the top - of this first volume shows an image of a couple in front of an innthe background shows a busy harbour and a lighthouse\tstatue of erasmus, and house in which he was born 6\thouse where peter the great resided at saardam, in north holland 23the spine has been professionally replaced and it has a new letter pieceinstead of using a needle to apply lines in a varnish layer on an etching plate, a resin layer is used in aquatints\tthe briel, across the maes 4\tthe canal called de heere gragt, amsterdam 20\twater-gate, utrecht, and the dom tower 24each image comes with a protective sheet of paper\tview from the entrance to harwich 2furthermore, these images are included in the book (see photos): 1\tryswick, near the hague 9\tdresses of the north hollanders 22\tentrance to the harbour at helvoet sluys 3this is a variant of traditional etchingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelondon: may 1st printed for t
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