[Suite of 22 engravings of ships]. Amsterdam: G. Valck, [c.1700].

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VALCK, Gerard (1652-1726)

[Suite of 22 engravings of ships]. Amsterdam: G. Valck, [c.1700].

Price realised GBP 10,625

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VALCK, Gerard (1652-1726)
[Suite of 22 engravings of ships]. Amsterdam: G. Valck, [c.1700].
An apparently unique complete set of 22 naval engravings. The plates principally depict Dutch and French sail-rigged warships, with the oared galleys of Venice and the Ottoman Empire towards the end. This publication appears to comprise a re-issue of a suite of 18 plates (nos. 5-22) that appeared in Le Neptune François (1693), together with a single plate with an imprint of Cornelis Kribber, Utrecht (plate no. 1), and three further plates of Dutch warships (nos. 2-5) apparently from a different source. We have been unable to trace any copy in auction records or in an institutional library. Cf. Koeman M.Mor 8.

Folio (575 x 350mm). 22 double-page engravings of ships, numbered consecutively in the plate 1-22, most with dual French and Dutch titles. Contemporary red half morocco over decorative paper boards, spine richly gilt with foliate motifs, spine label lettered in gilt (extremities slightly rubbed).

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