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