Art, Architecture & Photography / Drawings, Prints & Watercolours

CALL, Jan van; Petrus SCHENCK. [A series of 15 magnificent color-printed plates of the most impressive Dutch palaces of the Stadtholders: Het Loo (Apeldoorn), Huis ten Bosch (The Hague), Honselaarsdijk (near Naaltwijk) and Sorgvliet (The Hague).]
Amsterdam, Petrus Schenck, ca. 1695. 4to (20 x 24.5 cm). 15 (from a series of 25) colour-printed plates (plate size ca. 13 x 17 cm). Loose leaves. Full description

[VIEW - NETHERLANDS - LEIDEN]. SCHENK, Leonardus [and Abraham RADEMAKER]. Gesigt van de stadt Leyden beroemt door syn hooge schoole geleege in Holland op den verstopten Ryn. | Vue de la ville de Leide fameuse par son academie située en Hollande sur le Rhin bouché.
[Amsterdam], Leonardus Schenk, [ca. 1728/36]. Large engraved wall print on 2 sheets (together 57.5 x 97 cm) showing the Leiden city wall between the Koepoort and Zijlpoort, with various windmills and prominent buildings in the background identified by name. The title appears in a banderole at the head, with putti on either side holding the arms of Leiden and Holland. Leonardus Schenk's name appears as engraver and publisher at the right end of the banderole. Framed (82.5 x 121 cm). Full description

[VIEW - NETHERLANDS - LEIDEN]. SCHENK, Leonardus [and Abraham RADEMAKER]. Gesigt van de Visbrug, de Waag en Vismarkt, te sien naar de Hooglandsche kerk en Stadhuys tooren, tot Lyden. | Vüe du Visbrug, du Pois et Poissonerie, vers l'eglise de Hooglande et la tour de la Maison de Ville a Leide.
[Amsterdam], Leonardus Schenk, [ca. 1728/35]. Large engraved wall print on 2 sheets, (together 58 x 97 cm) the sheets overlapping each other slightly, showing the traditional business centre of the city of Leiden. The title, both in Dutch and French, is printed in a banderole at the head, with putti on each side supporting the arms of Leiden and Holland. Leonardus Schenk's name appears as engraver and publisher at the right tip of the banderole. In black passepartout and gilt frame (82 x 121 cm). Full description

SCHENK, Pieter. Verscheide stucken en cieraden van roermakers gereedschap nieuwelijks uitgevonden en uit de voornaamste meesters van Europa getrocken. - Plusieurs pieces et ornements d'arquebuzerie, le plus nouvellement inventées et tirees des premiers maistres d l'Europe.
Amsterdam, Petrus Schenk, 1692. Oblong folio. With an engraved allegorical title page and 7 expertly engraved plates of ornamental designs on arquebuses. Modern half calf and green decorated paper sides. [8] ll. Full description

SCHENK, Pieter. Delineatio domus recreatricis adjacentiumque prospectuum amoenissimorum extra urbem Zutphaniensem ...
[Amsterdam], Pieter Schenk, [ca. 1702].
With:
(2) SCHENK, Pieter. Praetorium dieranum quod a se per omnes partes descriptum ac delineatum Serenissimo Britanniarum Regi Gulielmo III humillime offert Petrus Schenk.
[Amsterdam, Pieter Schenk, ca. 1700].
(3) CALL, Johannes van. Loani, ut et villarum Regis Gulielmi reliquarum, conspectus selectiores.
[Amsterdam, Pieter Schenck, ca. 1700]. 3 works in 1 volume. Oblong 4to (26.5 x 31 cm). With an engraved title page for each work, and 50 contemporary hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf, with a black morocco title label lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. [16]; [14]; [23] ll. Full description

SCHENK, Pieter. [Afbeeldinge der voornaemste gezichten van Duinrel].
[Amsterdam, Pieter Schenk, 1702]. Oblong album (ca. 18.5 x 25.5 cm). With an engraved dedication, and 16 numbered engraved numbered views (ca. 170 x 205mm) of the manor house and gardens of Duinrel in Wassenaar, near The Hague. The 16 plates each show an engraved caption in Dutch and Latin beneath the view. The dedication leaf and the 16 views (each ca. 17 x 20.5 cm) are mounted (attached only at the top of each leaf) on blank leaves (ca. 18.5 x 25.5 cm). Later half vellum, marbled paper sides. [17] ll. Full description

SCHENK, Pieter [and Jan van CALL]. Rozendael. Aan den hoog-edel welgeboren en gestengen heere den heere Joan Baron van Arnhem, heere van Rozendael tot Harslo, byzonderen Raad des vorstendoms Gelre en graefschap Zutphen ... word deze afbeelding van Rozendael, opgedragen.
Amsterdam, Pieter Schenk, [1702?]. Oblong royal 4to (25 x 31.5 cm). With an engraved dedication also serving as a title-page, and 16 unnumbered engraved views (15 x 18.5 cm). Modern half parchment, with the title and author lettered in gold on the spine, marbled paper sides. [17] ll. Full description

SCHENK, Pieter. Delineatio domus recreatricis adjacentiumq[ue] prospectuum amoenissimorum extra urbem Zutphaniensem, auspicys & jussu ... Arnoldi Justi ...
Amsterdam, Pieter Schenk, [1702 or ca. 1720]. Oblong 4to (21 x 27 cm). With an engraved title-page and 16 numbered engraved views (ca. 15 x 19 cm), each with a caption in Dutch and Latin below the border, mostly in two lines. 19th-century grey-brown paste-paper with a wave pattern over boards. [1], 16, [1 blank] engraved ll. Full description

SCHENK, Pieter and Jacob Pieterszoon ROMAN. Conspectus Novi Praetorii Loo ex accurata delineatione Jacobi Romani ...
[Amsterdam], Pieter Schenk, [ca. 1720]. Oblong royal 4to (ca. 23 x 29 cm). With an engraved dedication also serving as a title-page, and 16 unnumbered engraved views (15 x 18.5 cm). Modern half sheepskin parchment. [17] ll. Full description

SCHENK, Pieter. Afbeeldinge der voornaemste gezichten van Duinrel gediestig opgedragen door zyn hoog-edels onderdanigen dienaer.
[Amsterdam], Pieter Schenk, [ca. 1720]. Oblong royal 4to (ca. 23 x 28.5 cm). With an engraved dedication also serving as a title-page, and 16 numbered engraved views (15 x 18.5 cm). Modern half sheepskin parchment. [17] ll. Full description