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Afbeelding van 't Stadt huys van Amsterdam / in dartigh coopere plaaten geordineert door Iacob van Campen ; en geteeckent door Iacob Vennekool.

Accession number
PML 76314.1
Creator
Campen, Jacob van, 1595-1657.
Published
Tot Amsterdam : Bij Frederick de Widt in de Calverstraet in de Witte Pascaert, [ca. 1664]
Credit line
Gift of Paul Mellon, 1979.
Notes
Library's copy is undated.
Library's copy lacks portrait of van Campen; 4 preliminary leaves, including the dedication signed by Dancker Danckertsz; 12 leaves of text, including the list of plates; and S1.
Mellon no. L 10.53.
Originally published 1661. Two editions by de Widt, one dated 1664, the other undated. Cf. Fowler.
Plates affixed to stubs bound in album.
Plates by Hubertus Quellinus, after Jacob Vennekool.
Plates grouped together by architectural sequence.
Plates numbered A-I, K-T, V-Z. Plates O, P, S, and V have 2 of each. Plate T has 3 of each.
Description
[1] leaf, [31] leaves of plates (some folded) : all illustrations (etched and engraved), plans, portraits ; 47 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription in ink inside front cover: N. Hawksmoor bought in Paul-Church-yard 1694.
Provenance
Nicholas Hawksmoor; from the collection of Paul Mellon (bookplate).
Binding
Dark brown calf.
Classification
Department