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