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WAREHOUSE OF THE DUTCH ADMIRALTY IN AMSTERDAM. Amsterdam. Marine. (Gouda, G.B. van Goor, 1858).Steelengraved view, coloured by hand, after L. Rohbock by L. Oeder, depicting the warehouse of the Dutch Admiralty with ships in the foreground. Ca. 10 x 15,5 cm. From: Terwen, Het koninkrijk der Nederlanden. - Fine view depicting the warehouse of the Dutch Admiralty dating from 1656 in Amsterdam, since 1973 the National Maritime Museum. [Boeknr.: 33959 ]

€ 65,00

WEST JAVA. Landbouwstatistiekkaart. West-Java. Batavia, Topografische Dienst, 1933. Coloured map of West Java. Ca. 65 x 76 cm. - (Folds strengthened). [Boeknr.: 36578 ]

€ 45,00

WEST, Benjamin. The death of General Wolfe. London, Woollett, Boydell & Ryland, 1776.Contemporary handcoloured engraving after Benjamin West by William Woollett. Ca. 47 x 59,5 cm. General James Wolfe (1727-1759) died during his famous victory over the French at Quebec, which delivered Canada into the hands of the British, known as The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the Battle of Quebec. The engraving depicts the general surrounded by his officers and a native American warrior, with ships in the background. The original heroic painting by Benjamin West (1738-1820) of 1771 was an instant success and the engraving by William Woollett which followed was one of the most commercial successful prints ever published (Von Erffa & Staley, The paintings of Benjamin West, p.213). In death, General Wolfe gained fame as a national hero and became an icon of the Seven Years' War and British dominance in late eighteenth century North America. William Woollett's engraving was the best-known copy of West's original and became popular around the world - Mounted on linnen, occasionally faint rubbing, otherwise fine. [Boeknr.: 32289 ]

€ 1500,00

WHALING. - Reverse painting on glass of Jonah and the whale. With houses and a ship in the background. Late 18th century. Old frame. Ca. 28 x 37,5 cm. Reverse painting on glass is an art form consisting of applying paint to a piece of glass and then viewing the image by turning the glass over and looking through the glass at the image.The prophet Jonah or Jonas is especially legendary as the man who survived three days in the belly of a whale. - Some loss of paint but still an attractive picture. [Boeknr.: 36431 ]

€ 375,00

WHALING. - 'T Binnen seylen der Groenlands vaarders. - La navigation des pecheurs dans le port. - Il veleggiare dei pescatori nel porto. - Das Seeglen der Grönlands Fahren in dem Hafen. (Augsburg, Johann Balthasar Probst, ca. 1750).Contemporary handcoloured perspective view (vue d'optique or Guckkastenbild), with descriptive text in 4 languages, after Adolf van der Laan by Sieuwert van der Meulen. Ca. 31 x 40 cm. One of a set of four optical scenes depicting whaling. These prints were a popular 18th century visual entertainment. This set is copied from the Dutch set of sixteen by Adolf van der Laan and Siewert van der Meulen. - A fine old handcoloured scene depicting the arrival of the Greenland whaling sailers.Ingalls, Francis B. Lothrop Collection, 147; see Brewington, Kendall Whaling Museum, 86. [Boeknr.: 35821 ]

€ 325,00

WILLEM BARENTSZ. Het behouden Huys on Nova Zembla. (No pl.), VARA, (ca. 1965). Puzzle of 1200 pieces. [Boeknr.: 36205 ]

€ 65,00

WILLEM BARENTSZ. Overwintering op Nova Zembla. (No pl.), Kompas puzzle, (ca. 1965). Puzzle of 400 pieces, in box. [Boeknr.: 36206 ]

€ 35,00

WORLD MAP. The world map. Compiled and drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society. Washington, The National Geographic Society, 1951. Coloured world map. Ca. 67 x 104 cm. [Boeknr.: 36590 ]

€ 45,00

ZIMMERMANN, G.P.H. Kaart van de rivier de Suriname. Amsterdam, C.F. Stemler, 1877.Coloured lithographed map by Tresling & Co. Ca.104 x 66 cm. Tijdschrift Aardrijkskundig Genootschap. - Fine map depicting the regions along the Suriname river with 3 inset-maps (Noord-Oostkust van Zuid Amerika, Monding van de Suriname, Plattegrond van Paramaribo). Koeman, Suriname, 161. [Boeknr.: 34258 ]

€ 375,00

ZOUTMAN, Johan Arnold. Plan van den zeeslag, tusschen de Engelsche scheepsmagt, onder den Adm. Parker, en het Hollandsch eskader, onder den Schout bij Nacht Zoutman, op den 5den augustus 1781, tusschen 9 en 10 uuren, wanneer de linie van gevegt nog niet gebroken was. (No pl., 1781).Broadsheet depicting a plan of the seabattle between the English and Dutch off the Danish coast. With decorative border. Ca. 19,5 x 25 cm. After the outbreak of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, in 1781 Zoutman was charged with escorting a convoy to the Baltic Sea. On August 5, he encountered a British squadron under Vice Admiral Hyde Parker. The subsequent Battle of the Dogger Bank ended in fact undecided. [Boeknr.: 35812 ]

€ 45,00

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