Jan Wagenaar: 'T verheughd Amsterdam, ter gelengenheid van het plegtig bezoek hunner doorlugtuge en koningklyk Hoogheden, Willem, Prinse van Oranien en Naussau, Erfstandhouden der Vereenidge Nederlanden, enz. enz. enz. En Zyne Gemaalinee Fredrica Sophia Wilhelmina, Prinsesse van Pruissen, Op Maandag, den 30 May, en eenige volgende dagen des jars 1768

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Jan Wagenaar : 'T verheughd Amsterdam, ter gelengenheid van het plegtig bezoek hunner doorlugtuge en koningklyk Hoogheden, Willem, Prinse van Oranien en Naussau, Erfstandhouden der Vereenidge Nederlanden, enz. enz. enz. En Zyne Gemaalinee Fredrica Sophia Wilhelmina, Prinsesse van Pruissen, Op Maandag, den 30 May, en eenige volgende dagen des jars 1768

Yntema & Tieboel., Amsterdam, 1768

Original quarter calf with marbled paper boards. 5 bands in 6 compartments. Tooled gilt floral motifs on spine. Titles printed in red and black., Plates are clean, crisp and in very good condition. Some minor wearing to the spine but otherwise a very attractive copy, completely uncut. , Folio (270mm x 430mm), Illustrated with 14 double page plates by S. Fokke & R. Vinkeles. Also includes an engraved frontispiece.

A splendidly illustrated fete book celebrating the visit to Amsterdam of the governor of the Netherlands, Prince WIllem V (1748-1806) of Orange and Nassau and of his Princess, Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina (1747 - 1820), from May 30th to June 6th 1768. The fine large plates are engraved by Simon Fokke and Reinier Vinkeles and represent the festivities starting with the arrival at the Haarlem gate followed by processions at the Town Hall, Illumination of CIty Hall, a boat parade, several council meetings and banquets, etc. Two plates are of considerable interest for the history of the Theater; one showing a stage scene of the performance of the plan 'Demophontes', the other the interior of the Amsterdam theater, fully attended, and in the center the princely 'loge' with the noble guests as well as the orchestra pit before the stage. The architecture of Amsterdam and the costumes are of special interest. Text is in Dutch. This particular copy is the issue with the extra engraved frontispieces and prefatory leaf. Ornamentstichkat. Bln. 2970; Landwehr, Ceremonies 256.

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