De Vechtstroom, van Utrecht tot Muiden,

verheerlykt door honderd gezichten van steden, dorpen, vestingen, adelyke gestigten, lustplaatsen en waranden. Opgehelderd met oudheid- en geschiedkundige aanteekeningen, daar toe betrekkelyk. En verrykt met een uitvoerig dichtstuk./ Les delices de la riviere le Vecht, d'Utrecht a Muiden (...). Amsterdam, H. Gartman, W. Vermandel & J.W. Smit, 1790, (2),IV,10,24 p., with full-page engraved general map and the following 102 half-page engraved illustrations on 51 plates: a plan and a profile of the city of Utrecht, numbered 1-2; 92 engraved views numbered 3-94, 4 views numbered 94-a to 94-d and 4 views numbered 95-98, contemporary halfleather, with gilt and ribbed back with morocco letterpiece, folio (very good copy).

Very rare 1790 edition, only 2 copies in PiCarta (Enschede and Utrecht, of which one incomplete). The "Bericht voor deeze nieuwe uitgaave" is dated "Aan den Yssel, in Sept. 1790". The 1791 edition is much more common; a facsimile of this edition appeared in 1967. We were unable to trace the dating of the foreword from that edition (no digitised copies available). According to PiCarta, an edition with this title appeared in 1741. The first edition of this famous work appeared in 1719 titled "De zegepraalende Vecht, vertoonende verscheidene gesichten van lustplaatsen, heeren huysen en dorpen (...)". The poem was written by Claas Bruin, the plates were engraved by Daniel Stoopendaal. One of the most beautiful plate works with 18th-century Dutch country houses.