| Title | De zegepraalende Vecht, vertoonende verscheidene gesichten van lustplaatsen, heeren huysen en dorpen; beginnende van Uitrecht en met Muyden besluytende. | Translate |
| Author | Leth, Andries de, | Translate |
| Type | Book | Translate |
| Imprint | T'Amsteldam : by de Wed : Nicolaus Visscher, op den Dam, in de Visscher | Translate |
| Year | MDCCXIX [1719] | Translate |
| Technique | illustrations, maps | Translate |
| Size | 20 cm (8vo) | Translate |
| Annotation | Introduction signed by Andries de Leth. Includes the poem "Speelreis langs de Vecht-stroom, op de uitgegeevene gezichten van de zeegepraalende Vecht" (39 pages) by Claas Bruin at end, with engraved portrait of Bruin (dated 1732). Engraved title page for the poem appears at the front of the volume. Engravings attributed to Daniel Stopendael. cf. Bénézit (Nouvelle ed.), 13:277. Thieme-Becker, 32:117. Plates consist of 1 folded map of the Vecht River and 98 double-page prints depicting towns, houses and gardens along the Vecht. Plates precede title page and text. Signatures: A⁸. Berlin Katalog, Hollstein XXVIII, Hunt & Jong. The Anglo-Dutch garden in the age of William and Mary, 2246 p.145 no.12, p.124-126 First Edition in octavo format of this extraordinarily rich Dutch book on eighteenth-century landscape gardening and topography. It remains the "important source for the spectacular development of country life along the Vecht" (Anglo-Dutch Gardening in the Age of William and Mary), which contains 98 engraved views drawn after nature by Daniel Stoopendael of the estates along the Vecht river, in the province of Utrecht. By the end of the seventeenth century the Vecht had surpassed the Amstel as the most fashionable location for a country house in Holland. In the octavo edition, one plate appears on two leaves; in the folio edition, published in the same year, two plates appear on one leaf. The work illustrates 41 different estates, plus twelve other town and country views. Twelve plates give a comprehensive record of the Petersburg estate and its garden (designed by Simon Schijnvoet) which featured trimmed hedges and fountains in the Louis XIV style. Text in Dutch, captions in Dutch and French. | Translate |
| Location | Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht | Translate |
| Call number | MAG: T oct 561 (Rariora) | Translate |
| Comment | Tekst en boekband: T oct 561 (rariora) Platen: ODC 409 obl. | Translate |
| Region | Vechte River (Germany and Netherlands) | Translate |
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