[Optical views] Four optical views: (1) De binnen Amstel, van de blaauwe brug

na het Diaken huys te Zien tot Amstelodam. Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, 30 x 40.5 cm, w. captions in Latin, French, Dutch and German and numb. "Med. Fol.o No 10" below the image. Augsburg, G.B. Probst, ca. 1770. Trimmed just outside/ on the plate mark, some minor imperfections in blank margins. (2) Vuë de Magasin Navale, à Amsterdam. Contemp. handcol. engr. optical view, 31.5 x 41 cm, after P. van Blankaert, w. caption in reverse in French and no. 277 (and no. 2 in pen) above the image, and captions in Dutch, French, Italian and German below the image. Ibid., idem, ca. 1770. Under passepartout. Vaguely waterst. in lower corners, central vertical fold, minor other imperfections. -and 2 other optical views of Amst., incl. 1 publ. by Probst. Added: A view of the Amst. stadhuis w. fire trucks, an uncol., fold. version of a print that is usually seen as a col. optical print.

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