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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 rijksmuseum\tdordrecht or dort 7\tvillage of broek in north holland 21in this way, it is possible to create more even surfaces instead of having to mark them all with linescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe endpapers show the ex-libris of “estcourt library” and the ex-libris of “wican free public library” (see photos)\tryswick, near the hague 9\tde zwaan-ferry, on the maes, near gorcum 26furthermore, these images are included in the book (see photos): 1\thouse where peter the great resided at saardam, in north holland 23\tentrance to the hague from delft 10the preface describes that the mapping of the coastal landscape was the primary purpose of the journey to the low countriesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithere is a sign with a swan and a smoking man sitting at a tablesamuel 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 aquatintsthe 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 innhope's villa, near haarlem 17\tamsterdam and bridge across the amstel 19there are age spots throughout the book (see photos), but the bookblock is otherwise clean and firmly bound\tentrance to leyden 13the logo of the wican free public library has been inconspicuously blind-stamped to several pages in the book (see photos)each image comes with a protective sheet of paper\tentrance to delft from rotterdam 8\thalf-way house, between leyden and haerlem 15\tstatue of erasmus, and house in which he was born 6(?)” and in pencil it the yearthe report of this journey was first published in in two volumes, of which this is the first volumeinstead of using a needle to apply lines in a varnish layer on an etching plate, a resin layer is used in aquatints\thaerlem from amsterdam road 16\tscheveningen 11\tthe canal, called de oude rhyn, leyden 14\tdresses of the north hollanders 22the first free leaf says in old handwriting “cat bought december hthe background shows a busy harbour and a lighthouse\tbergen op zoom read more\tcrossing the maes from gorcum 27the spine has been professionally replaced and it has a new letter piece\tview from the entrance to harwich 2\tentrance to the harbour at helvoet sluys 3\thouse in the wood, near the hague 12\trotterdam from kattendregt-ferry across the maes 5please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis is a variant of traditional etchingegerton, whitehall - cm - (xvi) 213 (excl\tthe canal called de heere gragt, amsterdam 20\twater-gate, utrecht, and the dom tower 24\tthe house where wouvermans resided, on the bakenessegragt, haarlem 18\tthe briel, across the maes 4on verso title page it says “jsamuel ireland () was an english engraver and writer\tferry-house at viannen, crossing the rhine, between utrecht and gorcum 25our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storefirst 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” livimages) condition: goodlondon: may 1st printed for ti” in pencil and there is a library stamp (see photos)
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