Perspective Views or Vues D'Optique

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Views of different parts of the world. Published in Paris, Augsburg, London, etc., ca. 1750-1800. (Publisher and city noted where known.) Small folio (ca. 10 x 15). Etchings. Full original hand color. Most with some minor blemishes, but overall very good condition, except as noted.

A series of perspective views, or vues d'optique, a special type of popular print published in Europe during the eighteenth century. These prints were a form of entertainment meant to be seen through devices called "optical machines," "optiques," "zograscopes" [Illustrated at left] or "peepshows." Click here to visit our page with a complete description of a zograscope which we have for sale. These views are some of the most distinctive and interesting images of the eighteenth century, and their striking use of lines of perspective and bright original color makes them as visually delightful as they are historically fascinating.

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• United States
  
  
  • "Representation du Feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck." [The terrible fire in New York.] Narrow margins. Overall, very good condition. This print purportedly shows the burning of New York as the British moved in behind the retreating Americans on September 19, 1776. A dramatic scene even if imaginary. $1,400

    
    

  • Francois Xavier Habermann. "L'Entré triomphale de Troupes royales a Nouvelle Yorck." [Triumphal Entry of the British Troops into New York.] Title also in German below image. Augsburg, ca. 1776. 8 1/4 x 14 1/2. Etching. Original hand color. Very good condition. Variation on Cresswell: 267. This image is supposed the depict the British entering New York on September 17, 1776, in the wake of the American retreat from the city. $1,400

    
    

  • "La Destruction de la Statue royale a Nouvelle Yorck." [Destruction of the Royal Statue in New York.]. Some chipping and short tears in wide margins. Else, very good condition. Cresswell: 261; Fowble: 172. On July 10, 1776, word of the Declaration of Independence reached New York City. A crowd gathered to hear a reading of the document, and so inspired a group proceeded to tear down the statue of George III that stood in Bowling Green. This print allegedly shows that event. $1,400

    
    

  • "Prospect von Boston gegen der Bucht am Hafen. Vue de Boston vers le Cale du Port." [Prospect of Boston toward the docks at the Harbor.] Title in reverse on top is "Vue de Boston." Augsburg: Habermann, 177? 10 x 15 3/4 (image) plus full margins. Hand color. Old folds evident ; expertly conserved and lined. Cresswell: 519. $1,400

    
    

  • "Prospect der Konig Strasse gegen das Land Thor zu Boston." Title below is in German and French. [Prospect of King Street in Boston.] Title in reverse on top is "Vue de Boston." Augsburg: Habermann, 177? 9 3/4 x 15 1/2 (image) plus full margins. Hand color. Old folds evident plus slight stains. Cresswell: 521. $1,400

    
    

  • "Prospect des grossen Plazes gegen der Alten Sud Kirche der Presbiterianer zu Boston." Title below is in German and French. [Prospect of the Great Plaza of the Presbyterian Church in Boston.] Title in reverse on top is "Vue de Boston." Augsburg: Habermann, 177? 10 x 15 1/2 (image) plus full margins. Hand color. Old stains. Cresswell: 522. $1,400

  
  
• Canada
  None currently available.

  
  
• Mexico
  None currently available.

• England & Scotland
  • "A View of the grand Palace of Westminster." Paris: Chereau. Framed. $450
  • "A View of the grand Palace of Westminster." Two repaired tears. $450
  • "A View of London and Westminster, &c. from one Tree Hill, in Greenwich Park." London: Laurie & Whittle, 1794. $425
  • "Vue Perspective du Marché aux Fleurs a Londres." Paris: Daumont. Two small spots in sky. $375
  • "Vue Perspective a Londres de l'Admirauté du nouveau Batiment pour les Gardes a Cheval, Whitehall." Augsburg: George Godefroid Winckler. Smudges in sky and in margins. $375
  • "La Bourse Royale a Londres." Paris: Daumont. [Denver] $350

  • "Vue de la Cathédrale de St. Paul à Londres." Repaired tear at bottom margin; repaired tear into image at top; short repaired tear at left. Soft wrinkles at top of image. A few light spots in image. Denver. $400
  • "Vue de la Place de Cressent [sic] à Peckham." A few scattered stains. Stable, period repair at bottom and top margins (reinforced on verso with old paper). $350
  • "Vue de la Hall des Marchands de Fer dans Fenchurch Street a Londres." $425

  • "Universitatis ae Reginae Collegiorum prospectus Oxfordiae"/"Le College de l'Universite, et celui de la Reine a Oxford." $450

    Scotland

    • "Vue De L'Université à Édimbourg." Paris: Basset. $450
    • "Vue de la Place et de la Colonne Nelson à Édimbourg." Two light stains. Short repaired tears at edges. Else, very good condition. Denver. $400
    • "Vue de l'Eglise St. Giles a Edimbourg." (Edinburgh) Top right corner missing. Tear in bottom margin. $300
    • "Vue de la Chapelle St. Jean et de L'Église de St. Cuthbert À Édimbourg." $275
    • "Vue du Château d'Édimbourg." Stable, period repair at top margin (reinforced on verso with old paper) Some light scattered spots. Else, good condition. $425

    
    

  
  
• France
  • "Intérieur Du Louvre. Salle Des Cariatides." $350
  • "Vue De La Place Des Victoires à Paris." Paris: Basset. [+Denver] $375
  • "Vue de la Cathédrale de Strasbourg." A few repaired tears. [Denver] $350
  • "Vue Des Montagnes De Belleville Pres Paris." Paris: Hocquart. A fascinating image of an early amusement ride. $450
  • "Vue Du Palais Royal Prise Du Château D'eau." A few spots in sky. $350

  • "Vue perspective de l'Interieur de Choeur des Invalides en dedans du Dôme." Paris: Basset. $375
  • "Vue de Château de Blaye." Short repaired tears through margins and just into image. Some wear at top edge. Remnants of stable, period repair at bottom and top margins (reinforced on verso with old paper). $375
  • "Vue de la Grand Place à Tournay." Very light water stain in sky. Short repaired tears through margins and just into image. Some wear at top edge. Remnants of stable, period repair at bottom and top margins (reinforced on verso with old paper). $350
  • "La Samaritaine sur le Pont-Neuf a Paris." Paris: Daumont. [Denver] $375

  • "Maison de Plaisance a Gentilly pres Paris." Paris: Daumont. [Denver] $400
  • "Vue du Chateau de Belle Vue." Water stains. [Denver] $350
  • "Vue Septentrionale de la grande Place dite de la Carriere à Nancy." Paris: Daumont. Some water staining. Tear into title area. [Denver] $350
  • "Vue du Cours de Marseilles." Paris: Daumont. Some spotting. [Denver] $375
  • "Les Boulevards de Paris pris de la Rue Des Filles du Calvaire en face de Belleville. Paris: Chereau. [Denver] $375

  • "Vue de Église de la Madeleine." Some spotting. $400
  • "Vue du Pont de la Poissonnerie à Nantes." Some repaired tears at left. $375
  • "Vue Prise à Lyon." Some repaired tears. $350
  • "Vue du Palais Royal Prise du Château d'Eau." $375
  • "Le Grand Caffe d'Alexandre sur les Boulvards de Paris." Paris: Daumont. $375

  • "Vue de Paris, prise du Bassin de la Seine, entre le Pont Neuf, et le Pont Royal." Paris: Daumont. Some spotting. Lined. $375
  • "Vue du Canal, du Batiment Chinois, de la Rotonde, et des Jardins de Ranelagh un jour de rejouisance." Paris: J. Chereau. Relined. Some repaired tears, and surface wear. $350
  • "Vue du Jardin de Plaisance de l'Axarienne." Paris: Chereaux. Relined. $375
  • "Vue du Chateau de St. Germain en Laye." Paris: Daumont. Few spots and tears. $375
  • "Fete du 14 Juillet an IX." Paris: Basset. $450

  • "Vue et Décoration de la Façade du Feu d'Artifice élevé en la place de Grêve, tiré devant leurs Majestés le 21 Janv. 1782 à l'occasion de la naissance de M. le Dauphin." Paris: Les Chaussee. $375
  • "Vue de la Place d'Alliance a Nancy." Paris: Daumont. Some spots and surface. Upper right corner missing. $325
  
  
• Germany
  • "Prospectus Ecclesiæ Cathedralis et Loci ad Stationes Mutandas Destinati Berolini. / Vista de la Yglesia Cathedral y de la Parada a Berlin." Spots throughout. $250
  • "Hospital Real Por Los Soldados Invalidos a Berlin." Several tears into image and margin, repaired. Minor spotting in image. $250
  
  
• Switzerland
  • "Vue de la Ville de Bale prise au dessus de la Reduite d'Huningue." [Basel] $350

  
  
• Austria
  • "Le Palais de Cesar dans le Faubourg à Vienne appelle Favorita." Some spotting. [Denver] $275
  • "Vue du Nouveau Marché de la Farine a Vienne." Minor spotting in image. $275
  • "Vue du Nouveau Marché de la Farine a Vienne avec la Representation d'une Course en Traineaux de la Cour Imperiale." Center fold and repaired tears in sky. $500
  • "Vue du Palais du Prince de Liechtenstein a Vienne." Minor spotting in image. $225
  
  
• Holland
  • "Cathédrale Dordrecht En Hollande." Paris: Hocquart. [Illustrated top left] $375
  • "Vue du Palais Royal à Amsterdam." Some spotting. [Denver] $375
  • "La Bourse de Roterdam." Paris: J. Chereau. [Denver] $375

  
  
• Belgium
  • "Vue de la Place Royal à Bruxelles." Short repaired tears through margins and just into image. Some wear at top edge. Tiny hole in sky. Remnants of stable, period repair at bottom and top margins (reinforced on verso with old paper). $350
  • "Vue du Palais du Prince d'Orange à Bruxelles." A few scattered spots. Short repaired tear in lower margin. $350

  
  
• Italy
  • "Vue Perspective du Palais des Papes, sur le Mont Cavallo à Rome, et des Ecuries." Paris: J. Chereau. A few small blemishes. $350
  • "Vue Perspective de la place St. Charles de Turin, et de la porte neuve dans l'eloignement." Paris: Daumont. A few repaired tears. [Denver] $375
  • "Salle Romaine Dans La Calabre." Paris: Hocquart. $350
  • "Vue Perspective du fameux Pont de Remino fabriquee du temps d'Auguste Tibert Empereur Romain." Paris: Basset. $350
  • "Vue de la Maison de Plaisance de son Eminence le Prince de Corsini à Florence; pris du côté du Jeu de Boulee." Shows a game of boules. Paris: Basset. $375

  • [Venice]. One form of these prints was to have their margins painted black, thus covering the title information. This made the prints more dramatic when viewed in one of the optical machines. $450
  • "L'Eglise de St. Theodore et l'Entrée du Grand Canal de Venise." Very light spots. $450
  • "Vue de Gênes Prise de la Porte St. Thomas." Paper toned; wrinkles in upper half. Stable, period repair at bottom, left, and top margins (reinforced on verso with old paper). $350
  • "Vue de Florence prise de Vaga Loggia." Backed with wove paper, as issued. Very good condition. OUT ON APPROVAL JC
  • "Rome dans son Ancienne Splendor." Paris: Daumont. Relined to repair tears. Denver. $375

  • "Vue du Pont de Rïalto à Venise." Paper toned; wrinkles in upper half. Stable, period repair at bottom margin (reinforced on verso with old paper). A few very light spots. Small loss at lower edge of image. Denver. $425
  • "Vue Perspective du Pont de la Trinite de Florence." Some wear on face of image. Backed with wove paper, as issued. Loss at right margin, just into image. Some light, very scattered spots. $350
  • "A View of St. Eustathius's Church & the Rivoalti Buildings in Venice." With script in bottom margin. $400
  • "Vue de l'Eglise de St. Jean de Latran a Rome." Paris: Daumont. Tear into title area. [Denver] $375
  • "Vue Interieure de Saint Pierre de Rome." Paris: Daumont. Some spotting. $350

  • "Vue Perspective de la superbe Fontaine de Trevi a Rome." Paris: Daumont. Denver. $400
  • "Veue du Marche Romain appelle Campo Vacino, d'ou l'on voit les ruines du Palais Majeur des Empereurs..." No margins, with some tears into image. $325
  • "Vue de la Maison du Belvedere dans le Vatican aupres de Rome." Paris: Daumont. Denver. $350
  • "Pont Triomphal Erigé par un Empereur Romain." Paris: Daumont. $350

  
  
• Russia
  • "La Grande Place de Petersbourg." Paris: Daumont. $375
  • "Vue de l'Amphithéatre pour la Promenade Public à l'Isle Kamannoi Ostrow sur la petite Newa près de Saint Petersbourg app'le a M. de Comtesse de Bestoucheff." Backed on wove paper as issued. Some wear in top third of image; scattered light spots. Else, good condition. $400
  
  
• Spain
  
  
  • "Vue Perspective du Portail de l'Eglise Cathedrale de Toledo." Paper toned; a few very scattered spots. Backed with wove paper, as issued. Denver. $325
  • "Vue Perspective de la Grande Place de St. Francois à Seville." Paris: J. Chereau. $350
  • "Vue Perspective de la Fontaine du Soleil a Madrid." Paper toned; scattered spots. Backed with wove paper, as issued. Light pencil notation of English title below French title. $300

• Holy Land
  
  • "Vue de Jerusalem avant sa destruction." Paris: Mondhare. Some light staining in margins. [Illustrated above.] $325

• Turkey
  • "Vue de la Place et de la Fontaine de Top-Hané." Trimmed to neat line at top and left. Soft wrinkles in top third. A few short repaired tears. Light discoloration in lower left corner. $375
  • "Vue de la Place et des Casernes de Top-Hané a l'entree du Port de Constantinople." Stable, period repair at bottom and top margins (reinforced on verso with old paper). A few short repaired tears at edges. Small loss at left margin. A few spots in image. $400

• China
  • None currently available.

• Holy Land
  • "La Ville de Jerusalem comme les Juifs y tenoient tous les ans la Fete des Tabernacles." $275
  • "La Ville de Jerusalem comme Jesus Christ peu de jour savant sa passion fit son entiere monte sur une anesse et comme cette pompeuse entre fut celebree du Peuple par des chant d'allegresse Hosanna." $275
  • "La Destruction de la Ville de Jerusalem le brulement de la Maison de Dieu et le Transport du Peuple d'Israel en Babylone par Nebucadnets au Roi de ce Royaume ou ils furent Esclaves les Soixantes dix annees." $275
  • "Alles, montres-vous aux Sacrificateurs. Et il arriva qu'en s'en allant ils furent rendus net. St. Luc. Chap. XVII. V. 14." $250
  • "Et l'Eternal Dieu le mit hors du jardin d'Hedron, pour labourer la terre, de la quelle il avoit ete pris." $575
  • "Seigneurs fils de David aie pitie de nous Et Jesus s'arretant les appella." Mathew: 20. v. 31. 31. Partial loss of title in bottom margin. $225

  
  
• Fable
  • "Vale Filii Deperditi Licencia Del Hijo Prodigo." [Prodigal son] $350

  
  
• Ship Wreck
  • "La Mer Agitée et Naufrage de plusiers Vaisseaux." Paris: Daumont. Some spotting. [Denver] $350

  
  
• Marine battle
  • A. Rooland. "De Schlagt tussen de Hollandse Fregatte en de Engelse Fregatte den 30 May 1781 op de Hoogale van de Caap St. Marie geschiet is." Trimmed close to image and text. Some old creases and chipping; expertly conserved and lined with rice paper. $625

  
  

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