MAASKAMP, Evert (1769-1834)
Uniformes des gardes d'honneur des différens corps ... de la Hollande. Uniformen van de gardes d'honneur. Amsterdam: E. Maaskamp, (1811).
Extremely rare first edition, with beautifully hand-coloured plates depicting the guards of honour with a view of the city they represented. Bobins III, 1149; Landwehr 457; cf. Colas 2937 (citing the 1904 reprint; 'l'original est de la plus grande rareté).
Folio (403 x 290mm). 12 aquatint plates coloured by a contemporary hand, each plate with a leaf of explanatory text in French and in Dutch, with the names of the officers on duty on the verso (first plate faintly spotted, plate 2 and French explanatory leaf with small stain in margin). Contemporary boards (rebacked, front hinger detached, rear hinge reinforced with cloth tape, extremities lightly rubbed); contained in a morocco-backed clamshell box.
MAASKAMP, Evert (1769-1834)
Uniformes des gardes d'honneur des différens corps ... de la Hollande. Uniformen van de gardes d'honneur. Amsterdam: E. Maaskamp, (1811).
Extremely rare first edition, with beautifully hand-coloured plates depicting the guards of honour with a view of the city they represented. Bobins III, 1149; Landwehr 457; cf. Colas 2937 (citing the 1904 reprint; 'l'original est de la plus grande rareté).
Folio (403 x 290mm). 12 aquatint plates coloured by a contemporary hand, each plate with a leaf of explanatory text in French and in Dutch, with the names of the officers on duty on the verso (first plate faintly spotted, plate 2 and French explanatory leaf with small stain in margin). Contemporary boards (rebacked, front hinger detached, rear hinge reinforced with cloth tape, extremities lightly rubbed); contained in a morocco-backed clamshell box.
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