Lot n° 799

Belgium - Enghien/Edingen - [Pleasure gardens of Enghien near Brussels]. Amsterdam, Nicolaas Visscher, c. 1685

Estimation : 300 / 300
Adjudication : 550 €
Description
4to, obl., quarter vellum (sl. soiled), marbl. paper on covers, flat spine, 17 pls (endpapers heavily stained, some marg. soiling, stains - most marg. - on the last 5 pls). Good copy. Suite of 17 copper engravings under the privilege of N. Visscher (1649-1702) by I. van Avele (? - 1727), who made also a suite on the estate Sorgvliet near The Hague, showing a map and the complex of the pleasure gardens of Enghien near Brussels i.a. a labyrinth with the fountain of Amphitrite, a triumphal gate, fountains, etc.
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