[RHINE RIVER].
Beknopte beschrijving van den Rhijn-stroom. ...
Amsterdam, A.B. Saakes, 1796. 4to. With a double-page frontispiece and view of the source of the river Rhine and the pierced rock near Basel, large folding map of the river basin of the Rhine from its source in Switzerland to the Dutch coast, and coloured in outlines, 13 double-page and 20 half-page views on 10 leaves with views on the Rhine . Contemporary red half roan with marbled boards, gilt spine. 58 pp.
€ 4,950
Rare enlarged and best edition of a description of the course of the Rhine, with more than thirty plates, and a large map. The work discusses the river's basin from its sources in Switzerland to the Dutch coast, with lively and informative descriptions of all the towns and regions along the river. It closes with a long poem on the Rhine by Arend Fokke Simonsz. (1755-1812), which is why the work as a whole is sometimes ascribed to him. The views follow the course of the Rhine, beginning with Chur, Schaffhausen, and Basel in Switzerland, then Strasbourg, the castle at Heidelberg, Frankfurt, Mainz, and Bingen, to Cleve, Emmerik, Nijmegen and Arnhem in the Netherlands. The also rare first edition was published in 1794 with only 21 plates.
The double-page plates include views on Braubach, Andernach, Bonn (4), Siebengebirge and Königswinter, the Drachenfels (2), two castles near Brühl (2), Cologne and Arnhem. The map, which shows the complete course of the Rhine, is engraved by Cornelis van Baarsel (1761-1826) and dated 1797, as usual.
With a later annotation and a purple stamp on the front pastedown. The work has been rebacked, with the original spine laid down, the edges and corners of the boards are somewhat scuffed. Good copy of this fine description of the Rhine. Tiele, Bibl. 122; STCN 31723692X (3 copies); cf. Schmitt 13 (first ed.).
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