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Historical work on the Dutch trade and activities at sea, esp. whaling and herring fishery, with magnificent views of the harbours of the Netherlands, including Batavia

AA, Cornelis van der [& D.JONG, H. Kobell Jr. & M. SALLIETH].
Atlas van de zeehavens der Bataafsche Republiek & die van Batavia  en Onrust. Mitsgaders de afbeeldingen van de haringvisscherij en de walvischvangst. In Een-en-dertig Kunstplaaten naar het  Leven afgebeeld ... En met vermelding van veele bijzonderheden, betreffende den ouden en lateren toestand der Nederlandschen koophandels, visscherijen, traffieken en fabrieken.

With fine engraved title in various scripts by Klockhoff, and 31 double-page engraved views (ca. 285 x 395 mm) of Dutch harbours with a great variety of sailing-ships, mostly in a stiff breeze, including the harbours of Batavia and Onrust (an island near Batavia) in the Dutch East-Indies and two views of herring-fishery and whaling, after the drawings by H. Kobell Jr. and D. de Jong, engraved D. de Jong & M. Sallieth, with captions in French and Dutch.

With fine engraved title in various scripts by Klockhoff, and 31 double-page engraved views (ca. 285 x 395 mm) of Dutch harbours with a great variety of sailing-ships, mostly in a stiff breeze, including the harbours of Batavia and Onrust (an island near Batavia) in the Dutch East-Indies and two views of herring-fishery and whaling, after the drawings by H. Kobell Jr. and D. de Jong, engraved D. de Jong & M. Sallieth, with captions in French and Dutch.

With fine engraved title in various scripts by Klockhoff, and 31 double-page engraved views (ca. 285 x 395 mm) of Dutch harbours with a great variety of sailing-ships, mostly in a stiff breeze, including the harbours of Batavia and Onrust (an island near Batavia) in the Dutch East-Indies and two views of herring-fishery and whaling, after the drawings by H. Kobell Jr. and D. de Jong, engraved D. de Jong & M. Sallieth, with captions in French and Dutch.

With fine engraved title in various scripts by Klockhoff, and 31 double-page engraved views (ca. 285 x 395 mm) of Dutch harbours with a great variety of sailing-ships, mostly in a stiff breeze, including the harbours of Batavia and Onrust (an island near Batavia) in the Dutch East-Indies and two views of herring-fishery and whaling, after the drawings by H. Kobell Jr. and D. de Jong, engraved D. de Jong & M. Sallieth, with captions in French and Dutch.

With fine engraved title in various scripts by Klockhoff, and 31 double-page engraved views (ca. 285 x 395 mm) of Dutch harbours with a great variety of sailing-ships, mostly in a stiff breeze, including the harbours of Batavia and Onrust (an island near Batavia) in the Dutch East-Indies and two views of herring-fishery and whaling, after the drawings by H. Kobell Jr. and D. de Jong, engraved D. de Jong & M. Sallieth, with captions in French and Dutch.



Amsterdam, L. Maaskamp, 1805. Large folio . Modern three-quarter calf. With fine engraved title in various scripts by Klockhoff, and 31 double-page engraved views (ca. 285 x 395 mm) of Dutch harbours with a great variety of sailing-ships, mostly in a stiff breeze, including the harbours of Batavia and Onrust (an island near Batavia) in the Dutch East-Indies and two views of herring-fishery and whaling, after the drawings by H. Kobell Jr. and D. de Jong, engraved D. de Jong & M. Sallieth, with captions in French and Dutch. (5), VI-XII, 135 pp.

Rare complete copy of the original edition with the important text by the bookseller and historian Cornelis van der Aa (1749-1816) and with the rare views of the harbours of Batavia and Onrust. It is the only and at the same time most luxurious and beautiful large-plate atlas of Dutch sea-ports published in the Netherlands. The plates began to appear in 1802, but complete copies of all the plates together with the text were published in 1805.
The work starts, after a half-title, engraved title, dedication by the publisher E. Maaskamp and the preface by Cornelis van der Aa (dated Utrecht, 3 October 1804), with an introduction (pp. 1-43) on the history of the Dutch trade and activities at sea, esp. the Dutch whaling and herring fishery, the history and importance of the East & West India Company, and the present state of affairs in Dutch trade and navigation. This part is illustrated by 4 double-page engraved plates of 'De Haringvisschery' and 'De Walvischvangst', and the Roads of Batavia and the island Onrust near Batavia, all four engraved by Matthias Sallieth (1749-1791) after the drawings by H. Kobell Jr. which he had made on the spot.
The greater part of the text (pp. 44-135) and plates is devoted to the harbours of the Netherlands, illustrated with 27 beautiful double-page plates with captions in Dutch and French and the coat-of-arms of the towns in between, engraved by Sallieth and Dirk de Jong (1) after the drawings by Dirk de Jong, H. Kobell Jr. (2), and G. Groenewegen (1): Rotterdam (2 plates), Hellevoetsluis, Goedereede, Brielle, Dordrecht, Maas(land)sluis, Vlaardingen, Schiedam, Delfshaven, Amsterdam (2), Texel (2), Den Helder, Hoorn, Enkhuizen, Medemblik, Edam, Middelburg, Rammekens, Flushing, Zierikzee, Veere, Brouwershaven, Harlingen and Stavoren.

Good large-paper copy, presentation copy by 'Hendrikus ..., studiosus in Medicino, amico meo W. de Vooght, doctorein Medicino' (half-title).- (Some insign. stains on a few plates).
Tiele 3; Cat. Ned. Hist. Scheepvaart Mus. p. 319; Molhuysen-Blok I, 3; Saakes (4), 1806, p. 245.

Related Subjects: Colonial History  Fishing  Indonesia  Maritime History  Ships & Shipbuilding  VOC  Whaling 

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