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LOT 1506
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[Fireworks] Four engravings: (1) "Afbeelding van 't vuurwerk, afgestooken in 's Gravenhage

den 13 Juny 1749, ter occasie van den Aakensche vreede." "Representation de feu 'artifice, tiré à la Haye le 13 Juin 1749, à l'Occasion de la paix d'Aix-la-Chapelle." Engraving by J.C. Philips after L.S. de Creuznach, 38 x 44 cm, (The Hague), A. de Groot & Fil, 1749, mounted at upper margin.

Tear in upper margin, just affecting the image; closed tear in right margin; vague folds. Muller (Historieplaten) 3967. View of a building especially erected for the occasion, with many skyrockets fired at the same time, brightening the night's sky with a blaze of light; (2) "Platte grond en gezigt van het pragtig gebouw opgeregt in de Hoff-Vyver in 's Gravenhage, benevens de schikking van het heerlyk vuurwerk aldaar ter gelegenheid van de Vreede, den 18 October 1748 te Aken geslooten, afgestooken den 13 Juny 1749." "Plan et profil du superbe editifice (...)." Engraved floor plan by J.C. Philips after L.S. de Creutznach, 38 x 44 cm, with large rococo cartouche with title in Dutch and French and dedication in Dutch, ibid., iidem, 1748, mounted at upper margin. Sm. tear in blank upper margin; trifle foxed, and sl. dust-soiled in lower right corner. Muller (Historieplaten) 3967-1, the counterpart of (1); (3) "Naauwkeurige afbeelding van het pragtig gebouw (...) ter geleegenheit van de Vreede, den 18 October te Aken geslooten". "Representation exacte du suberbe edifice (...)." Engraved view by J.C. Philips after L.S. De Creuznach and M. Schluymer, 57 x 87 cm., ibid., iidem, 1748, with beautiful coats of arms and title-cartouche below. Folded several times and with a number of (closed) tears (on folds) and with some smaller defects. Nevertheless, a magnificent large engraving. Muller (Historieplaten) 3966; (4) "Afbeelding van het vuurwerk in den vijver opgerecht door ordre van de ed. Grootmogende Heeren Staten van Holland, over het sluiten der Utrechtse vreede inden Jaare 1713. Na de teekening, en onder het bewind, van P. Roman, en P. Loofs." "Representation de la decoration du feu d'artifice dressé sur le vivier (...)." Engraving by and after Bernard Picart, 36 x 44 cm, c. 1713. Cut inside the plate mark, but neatly remargined; central vertical fold. Muller (Historieplaten) 3506-b. (total 4)

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