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EUROPEAN PALACES AND CASTLES--An album containing 367 engraved plates on 350 sheets, 141 hand-coloured, 41 double-page, 8 double-page folding, some heightened with gold. [The Netherlands: 17th- early 18th-centuries.]. 2° (525 x 345mm). (Occasional light staining or marking, some plates with short, neatly-repaired tears, the majority trimmed to borders and mounted.) Early 18th-century mottled calf gilt, sides with central floral lozenges and panelled with rolls terminated in floral cornerpieces and crowns, spine gilt in and titled 'Lusthuysen en Gesigten' (extremities a little rubbed and scuffed, spine chipped at foot, short split on upper joint), gilt edges. Provenance : early manuscript annotations on the verso and margins of last 2 plates -- 'Vente [?]Schadry acheté par B n de [?]Draik' (inscription on front free endpaper) -- lot 4045, unidentified auction ([?Galerie Koller, Zurich, 26 May to 15 June 1970], loosely-inserted description stating that it was 'wohl für den jungen Karl VI. von Hapsburg [...] angefertigt'). A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF VIEWS, MANY FINELY HAND-COLOURED AND HEIGHTENED IN GOLD. According to an earlier, inserted description, perhaps assembled for Karl VI von Hapsburg. The plates are organised by locale, and end with a small section of military subjects. The plates include: VERSAILLES: Veue et perspective du Château et Jardin ; Le Trianon ; Le Bassin de Latonc Amsterdam: De Lespine, [n.d.]. 2°, 3 hand-coloured double-page engraved plates, one by W. Swidde-- Veues de Versailles . [Amsterdam]: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°, engraved title and 43 engraved plates by W. Swidde. FONTAINBLEAU: Veue generale de Fontaine-bleau . [Amsterdam]: J. Danckerts, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate by C. Danckers heightened in gold--8 hand-coloured engraved plates of Fontainebleu heightened in gold, Amsterdam: J. Danckerts, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°. VAUX: Veue et Perspective du Chateau . Amsterdam: J. Gole, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold--13 hand-coloured engraved plates of Vaux, one double-page, some heightened with gold. Amsterdam: J. Gole, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°. LOO: Maison Royale de Loo . [Amsterdam]: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by D. Stoopendaal-- Waare afbeelding van 't koninglyk lust-hof . [Amsterdam]: C. Allard, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by and after L. Scherm--16 hand-coloured engraved plates of the palace at Loo by and after L. Scherm, some heightened with gold. [Amsterdam]: C. Allard, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°. SOESTDIJK: Generale afbeeldinge van 't Lust-Huijs en Hof . [Amsterdam]: G. Valck, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate by B. Stopendaal after B. Stuyvenburgh--16 engraved plates of Soest-Dijk. [Amsterdam]: G. Valck, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°. DIEREN: Aenkonst van syne Kon: Maj: van Groot Brittanien op Dieren . Amsterdam: P. Schenk, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened with gold--16 engraved plates of the palace at Dieren. [?Holland]: [n.d.]. Oblong 4°. LA SALE D'ORANGE: La Maison [...] nommée La Sale d'Orange . [?Hoorn]: A. Beek, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold--16 hand-coloured engraved plates of La Sale d'Orange, some heightened in gold. [Hoorn?]: A. Beek, [n.d.]. Oblong 4°. HONSLERDYK: Generale Afbeeldinge van het Princelyke Lust Huys. [Amsterdam]: A. Blooteling, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate by Blooteling after A. Bega-- Maison Royale . [Amsterdam]: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by D. Stoopendaal. SWEDEN: 20 hand-coloured engraved plates of Swedish palaces, some heightened in gold. Oblong 4°. SORGFLIET: General gesigt van het schone Perk van Sorfliet . Amsterdam: N. Visscher, [n.d.]. 2°, hand-coloured double-page engraved plate heightened in gold by and after I. ab Avelen-- Een der schoonste gesigten 't ve