S. Fokke ad viv. del.Gravé par Jean Bened. Winckler.
Se vend ŕ Augsburg au Negoce commun de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux avec Privilege des Sa Majeste Imperiale et avec Defense de n'en faire Copie.
Coloured engraving. 320 x 430mm (12˝ x 17") ver large margins. Stains in margins, creased bottom right corner.
A vue d'optique of Amsterdam, designed to be viewed through an optical viewer called a zograscope, with the title in reverse above the image. A very dramatic skyline. By Simon Fokke (1712-84), a Dutch engraver and etcher working for the Amsterdam book trade as well as a collector.
[Ref: 56444] £320.00
Se vend ŕ Augsburg au Negoce commun de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux avec Privilege des Sa Majeste Imperiale et avec Defense de n'en faire Copie.
Coloured engraving. 320 x 430mm (12˝ x 17") ver large margins. Stains in margins, creased bottom right corner.
A vue d'optique of Amsterdam, designed to be viewed through an optical viewer called a zograscope, with the title in reverse above the image. A very dramatic skyline. By Simon Fokke (1712-84), a Dutch engraver and etcher working for the Amsterdam book trade as well as a collector.
[Ref: 56444] £320.00