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Rare first augmented edition
STOOPENDAAL, Daniel.De zegepraalende Vecht, vertoonende verscheide gesichten van lustplaatsen, heeren huysen en dorpen; beginnende van Utrecht en met Muyden besluytende.- La triomphante riviere de Vecht, remonstrant diverses veües des lieux de plaisances & maisons seignorales & villages; commençant de Uitrecht & finissant avec Muyden.      Amsterdam, Wed: Nicolaus Visscher, 1719. Folio. 19th century half calf, spine ribbed and gilt. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece by A. vander Laan after A. de Lairesse, full-page engraved map of the river De Vecht, and 102 half-page engraved views of the Houses and Gardens along De Vecht by Daniel Stoopendaal, plate 91 handcoloured. (2), 16, 37, (1 blank) pp. text. Rare first augmented edition of the 'Triumphant Vecht', with the famous print-series of the rich country houses and gardens along the river Vecht. The plates are numbered 1-98, but 4 extra views of the House Driemond are added under the nos. 94a-d. Daniel Stoopendaal was active at Amsterdam from 1685 to 1713, and he drew all the houses and gardens from nature, mostly seen from across the river, resulting in beautiful views of the meandering river Vecht. The gardens of several houses were drawn also from several other angles. The series gives a good impression of the rich and large classical gardens of the period. The beautiful country houses along the river Vecht were built in the last decennia of the Dutch Golden Age for the summer pleasures of the rich ship owners and merchants of Amsterdam, mostly mentioned by name in the titles underneath the plates. All views are also extensively praised and explained by Andries de Leth (1671-1732), who edited the print-series after the artist's death. His text, dated December 1718, covers the first sixteen pages preceeding the prints. At the end of the print-series another 37 pages of text contain a lengthy poem by Claas Bruin, describing a pleasure trip on the river Vecht, praising all houses and gardens he passes, with an extra poem inserted for "Ouderhoek", the country house of his friend Antoni van Hoek (1649-1720). On plate 49 is depicted one of the three visits of Czar Peter the Great to Van Hoeks' estate Ouderhoek in 1717. The first two views show a plan of the city of Utrecht and a profile view of Utrecht with the Dom rising high into the sky. The two last views show the two smaller cities at the end of the river Vecht, Weesp and Muiden. Weesp is seen from the side of the sluice, and the view of Muiden includes people working at the strengthening of the river bank. Like the title, the text underneath the views is bilingual, in Dutch and in French facing each other. The popularity of Stopendaals work resulted in the republishing of the Zegepralende Vecht in the same year. In 1791 a new edition appeared under the name De Vechtstroom. Some consider this to be an edition of less quality because of the frequent use of the same plates. The Zegepralende Vecht and the later De Vechtstroom differ on several points: Plate 19 of the estate Harteveld shows in the 1719 edition the house with windows with shutters. The 1791 edition shows English slide windows. There are also some minor differences in the depicting of the pavement in front of the house. As mentioned before Zegepralende Vecht was issued twice in 1719. The first edition contains 98 plates of which 4 plates of the House of Driemond (plates 93-96) . In this later 1719 edition it was extended with four more plates of the House of Driemond (plates 94a-94d). The Vechtstroom contains the 8 plates of Driemond. Another (minor) difference in the first 1719, and the later extended 1719 edition is in plate 96. This plate with the pond of the Driemond estate is different in both editions. Different plates seem to have been used. Also in plate 94, in this later 1719 edition there are two statues behind the hedge, in the first there are none. Our copy also contains a handcoloured plate (pl. 91). Fine copy.
Springer p. 47; Hollstein XVIII, D. Stoopendaal 55; A. Lisman, Bij de nieuwe uitgave, uit: De zegenpralende Vecht, reprint 1998.
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