Title:

Gezigt op 't admiraliteits magazyn en de ooster kerk in 't verschiet

Description:

This fine engraving depicts the Admirality of Amsterdam building, one of seven admiralty colleges in the, then, United Provinces.

This engravings comes from the book:

Amsterdam, in zyne opkomst, aanwas geschiedenissen, voorregten, koophandel, gebouwen, kerkenstaat, schoolen, schutterye, gilden en regeeringe, beschreven door Jan Wagenaar, historieschryver de Stad.

Author: Jan Wagenaar

Published: Amsterdam, Isaak Tirion

Date: 1760, 1765, 1767 (books I, II & III respectively)

The books are a monumental history of Amsterdam, its emergence and growth.

Condition: Very good.

Color: Uncoloured

Size (h x w): 24.0 x 29.8 cm (neat line)

Technique: Copper plate

Jan Wagennar, historian, 1709 – 1773.

Isaak (Isaac) Tirion, publisher, 1705 - 1773

Ref: JJB2741