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Five rare architectural print series by the court architect of the Stadholders Frederick Henry and William II
POST, Pieter.Collection of five architectural print series of buildings designed and built by Pieter Post.      Amsterdam, [Pieter Post (?) and] Frederick de Witt, 1654-1664. 5 parts in 1 vol. Folio. Contemporary sprinkled brown calf with two ornamental gilt borders with gilt ornaments at the four corners of the inner border around gilt centre piece, spine gilt in 8 compartments with red morocco title label lettered in gold, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. 5 series of resp. 10, 8, 4, 11, and 22 engraved plates - 3 full-page engraved titles (of series 1, 4 and 5), 2 folding, 27 double-page and 26 full-page - of plans and views of buildings and gardens designed by Pieter Post and engraved by Jan Mathys (54) and Pieter Nolpe (4). Very rare collection of the most important print series of buildings designed and built by one of the most famous architects (and painters) of the Dutch Golden Age, Pieter Post (1608-1669). Post began his career as the assistant of another famous architect, Jacob van Campen, the designer and builder of the stately houses of Constantijn Huygens and Johan Maurits van Nassau (the 'Mauritshuis') in The Hague, introducing a new style in architecture, the Dutch classicism. He also assisted in the building and subsequent alterations of the 'Paleis Noordeinde', the palace of the Stadholder Frederick Henry who appointed him as his 'court painter and architect' in 1645. The first house designed by Post independently was the House Swanenburch at Halfweg (between Haarlem and Amsterdam, see series 2). In 1645 he made also the designs for the 'Sael van Oranje' (now the 'Huis ten Bosch', the present residence of queen Beatrix), the proposed summer residence of the wife of Frederick Henry, Amalia van Solms, see series 4. After the death of Frederick Henry in 1647, William II continued his appointment as court architect. In the same year he assisted Jacob van Campen with the design for the famous city hall in Amsterdam (now Royal Palace). The plates are all in the state before the alterations made in the edition of Les ouvrages d'architecture ordonnez par Pierre Post by the Leiden publisher Pieter van der Aa in 1715. Series 1-3 and 5 are in the original editions. All plates, except 4, were engraved by Jan Mathys who was active at Amsterdam between ca. 1650 and 1685. One plate, of 'Vredenburgh', one plate in the 'Sael van Orange' and two plates in the series of chimneys were engraved by Pieter Nolpe (1613-1653). The present collection consists of: - Series 1: Het Stadhuys van Maastrigt ... Le portraict de la Maison de ville de Maastricht ... Met Octroy van Hare Ho: Mo: ... in date den 18 September 1664. Amsterdam, F. de Wit, [1664]. First edition. Engraved title-page and series of 10 finely engraved double-page unnumbered plans, elevations and views of the (still existing) city hall of Maastricht. All the plates are engraved and etched by Jan Mathijs after Pieter Post. In 1655 the city of Maastricht - under the government of the States General of the Dutch Republic since 1632 - had decided to build a new city hall and the actual building started in 1659 and was finished in 1664. - Series 2: Swanenburch. Gemeenlantshuis Huys van Rynlant gelegen tussen Haerlem ende Amsterdam ... Met Octrooij van hare Ho: Mo: Geattacheert bij hare Gro: Mo; 1654. [Amsterdam, the author?], 1654 (octrooy on plate 1 dated 1654). First edition by Pieter Post himself (?), shortly afterwards followed by an edition by Frederick de Witt, also in 1654. Series of 7 double-page and one full-page engraved and numbered plans and views of the (partly still existing) House Swanenburch and surrounding lands. Plate 1 is a plan and bird's-eye view, 2 shows plans and an elevation of part of the system of sluices and ditches at Swanenburch, 3-4 are plans of the house, 5-7 are elevations and 8 is a section. All the plates are engraved and etched by Jan Mathijs after Pieter Post. In 1645 the dike-grave and 'hoogheemraden' of Rijnland (a district water board) decided to build a new representative building to house the board, located at Halfweg, between Haarlem and Amsterdam. The commission for the design was given to Pieter Post who finished the drawings already in March 1645 - the first independent design by Pieter Post. The actual building of the house took place between 1645 and 1648. - Series 3: Vreden-Burch, [Amsterdam, ca. 1654]. First edition. Series of 2 folding and 2 double-page engraved plan and views of the estate Vreden-burch and gardens in the polder Beemster, north of Amsterdam. Plate 1 is a bird's-eye view of the estate "Perspective uytbeeldinghe van Vreden-burch, met hare omstaande timmeragie, hoven, plantagie etc.", with the dedication to Dirck (1571-1637) and his son and owner Frederick Alewyn (1603-1665) underneath, plate 2 is a plan, 3 is a folding plate with two elevations by P. Nolpe after P. Post, 4 is a folding plan of the house. Plates 1-2 and 4 are by Jan Mathijs after Post. The commission to build the house was given to Pieter Post in 1642; the actual building and decoration was finished in 1647. The estate, together with the vast gardens is the most 'Palladian' villa in the Northern Netherlands and reminds us to Palladio's Villa Ragona. Many of Post's original drawings, as well as the original scale-model from 1642 are still preserved. - Series 4: De Sael van Orange. Ghebouwt by haere Hoocht. Amalie Princesse Douariere van Orange. etc. Amsterdam, Frederick de Witt, [1655]. Series of 12 numbered engraved plans and views of the House and Gardens. The title is full-page with the dedication to 'Louise, churfurstinne van Brandenburch', plate 2-5 are double-page plans of the estate, house and gardens, 6-8 double-page elevations, 9 double-page section, 10-12 full-page plans and elevations. All plates, except 7 which is engraved by Pieter Nolpe, are by Jan Mathijs after Post. These 12 plates were originally published by Post in The Hague around 1650 with a letterpress title and 10 plates of chimney-pieces (now in series 5), and Post may have reprinted the twelve plates of plans, sections and elevations with the original dedication reworked to be an engraved title-page, very shortly afterwards. Frederick de Witt reprinted the same plates in Amsterdam with his own imprint line in 1655: our copy. The "Sael van Orange", now "Paleis Huis ten Bosch", is the actual residence of the Dutch Royal Family. The building started in 1645 with the purpose to erect a house for Frederick Henry's wife Amalia van Solms. The building was finished in 1649. The print series gives an excellent idea of the original state of the house, including the dome with its famous decorations and paintings. - Series 5: (title together with dedication:) Den doorluchtigen ... vorst en heere Wilhelm Henrick ... werden dese afbeeldingen, van weinighe Schoorsteen-wercken, meest ten bevele van ... zijne hoochts. heeren grootvader, vader en vrouw grootmoeder, geteeckent en uijtgevoerd onderdanighlyk opgedragen door P. Post. Amsterdam, Frederick de Witt, [1664]. First edition. Series of engraved title and 22 numbered full-page engraved plates of designs for chimney-pieces. 20 plates are by Jan Mathijs and 2 by Pieter Nolpe, all after Pieter Post. The suite includes reprints of the 10 plates of chimney-pieces which had first appeared in Post's De Sael van Orange ... around 1650 (see series 4); furthermore there are 7 plates of chimney-pieces in the Palace 'Noord-Einde', 3 in the quarters of the Stadholder on the 'Binnenhof', and 2 in the Mauritshuis. Very fine copies of these extremely rare print series. Such a set was never offered for sale in all the specialized architectural catalogues of Weinreb & Breman, London during 25 years.- (Sm. wormhole on spine).
Terwen & Ottenheym, Pieter Post, p.245 et passim; Kat. Berlin 2230; Hollstein XI, p. 263-4; Cicognara 621; Weinreb 2:119 (ed. of 1715 only); cf. Brit. Arch. Libr. 2603; ad 1: Terwen & Ottenheym, p. 176-182; ad 2: Terwen & Ottenheym, p. 156-160; Millard Arch. Coll., Northern European books 99; Kat. Berlin 2230, 2 (another issue); ad 3: Terwen & Ottenheym, p. 88-99; ad 4: Terwen & Ottenheym, p. 56-72; Millard Arch. Coll. 100; ad 5: Terwen & Ottenheym, p. 245; cf BAL 2603.
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