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Description: From: 'Verhandelingen der Eerste Klasse van het Koninklijk-Nederlandsche Instituut van Wetenschappen, Letterkunde en Schoone Kunsten te Amsterdam. Derde deel.', published in 1817. (Briefing of the activities of the Royal Dutch Royal Society od science, literature and art in Amsterdam, 3rd. part)
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'D. Veelwaard' after 'Jean Henri van Swinden'. Engraver / etcher: Daniel Veelwaard (1776-1851) worked in Amsterdam as an engraver. Author: Jean Henri van Swinden (1746-1823), a Dutch mathematician and physicist who taught in Franeker and Amsterdam.
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Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Verhandeling over Huijgens, als uitvinder der slinger-uurwerken, door J.H. van Swinden.' - ('Essay about Constantijn Huijgens, the inventor of the pendulum clock'). Complete with 142 pages of text and 5 plates. The 5 plates illustrate: Huijgens stages of design and predecessors. The last 2 are sketchy etchings after the original drawings. Sizes vary. This essay was also translated by Prof. Voute and published in Edinburgh by Brewster and Jamison.
Condition: Very good, given age. Text is the complete section from an annually published briefing and is as such loosely bound. 5 Plates in rear with original folds as issued. Images show front page and the 5 plates. Size given is the of last plate. Text page size is 4o. (23x26,5cm.). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 36 x 42.5 cm. The image size is ca. 31 x 35 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 14.2 x 16.7 inch. The image size is ca. 12.2 x 13.8 inch.
Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Location: ZL7
SKU: TPC 61894.1
Section: TPC-WETENSCHAP-ARTIKEL
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