Caspar Commelin. - Ooster Kerk

COMMELIN, Caspar Ooster Kerk from Beschryvinge van Amsterdam Amsterdam: Wed. Aart Dirksz. Oossaan, 1694. A lovely copper plate engraving of the Ooster Kerk. Printed on two sheets, pasted together. A large print, believed to be from the large paper copy of the Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, Commelin's seminal work. Good clean impression on clean heavy laid paper. The paper holds a watermark of three crescent moons. This is often seen in Islamic printing, and was probably from Italian paper stock of the mid to late seventeenth century. Image size 26cm x 34cm. Sheet size 43cm x 50.5cm. A lovely uncoloured example of this engraving. First Editio

Estimation:€150

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