Bleyswijck Dirck Van (2 results)

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1669 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 19 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 19.…

Condition: Very good. 2 parts in one volume, 4o, 7 1/2 x 6 inches (190 x 152 mm); 891,(37),(33), (4) pp., lacks frontispiece, 1 folding plan and 2 views. Woodblock plates after C. Decker: 2 double-page plans, 30 views, 3 of which are folding and exhibit some tears, most of which are repaired (7 cm closed tear at p. 220 not repaired); title page re-attached. Later owner's entry on upper pastedown; occasional foxing, and some toning on the verso of one plate. Contemporary half calf binding; spine with raised bands, simple gilt decorations in compartments and gilt title. Paper over-covers partly worn off; remnants of tickets on both covers; firmly bound. English translation of title: Description of the city of Delft, concerning its own Situation, Origin and Age, Rise and Progress, increase of Freedom and Jurisdiction, Domains and Lordships, with a short description of the region. A very good copy of Bleyswijck famous description of the history, topography, institutions, and commercial life of Delft in the 17th Century. The plates are exquisite depiction's of Delft and its environs, with very close attention given to architectural styles and detailing, to costumes, human activities, and means of transport. Several pages are dedicated to the ruins of the Abbey of Koningsveld and the Cartesian Monastery. This is also one of the few surviving documents that link Jan Vermeer's name with his profession. In the text he is mentioned twice: on page 859 he is included, along with his birth year 1632, in a list of eminent Delft painters who were still alive at the time the book was being written; the second in the a poem of eight stanzas written by Arnold Bon and composed in honor of the famous painter Carrel Fabritius who had died in the infamous munitions explosion of Delft in October 1654. The last stanza reads "Thus did this Phoenix, to our loss, expire, | In the midst and at the height of his powers, | But happily there arose out of the fire | VERMEER, who masterfully trod in his path." (pp. 853-854). Dirck Evertsz van Bleyswijck (1639 - 1681) was born into a prominent family. He was a sheriff, orphan master, burgomaster, and is known to have traveled extensively throughout the 17 Provinces. At the time the Beschryvinge der Stadt Delft was published, Van Bleyswijck was only twenty-seven years old. While he had wished to undertake a tour of the Netherlands, France and Italy, he fell ill and decided to take advantage of his condition to explore the history of his hometown and write this extensive work, which is full of details about the appearance, life, and inhabitants of his beloved city.…