Amsterdam Splendidly handcoloured copy of De Kruyf... Lot n° 811

Dessinées d'apres nature par C. de Kruyf et autres artistes. Amsterdam, F. Buffa & Fils., (1825), engr. title by C. Zurcher, 2-p. letterpress list of the plates in French and Dutch and 45 splendidly handcoloured (in gouache and gommé) lithographed plates by A. Lutz and W.H. Hoogkamer after C. de Kruyf, H.G. ten Cate, J. Jelgerhuis et al., separated by tissue guards, sl. later halfvellum, 4to. Occas. sl. spotted/ fingersoiled in blank margins. Desirable extremely rare deluxe copy, with all the plates in the most delicate possible handcolouring, every single plate a work of art in itself. One of the finest series of views of Amsterdam, originally published in 9 instalments of 5 plates each.