Author: Jan Caspar Philips (1680/1700-1775)
Title: [Antique title page, 1746] River landscape with a farm, published 1746, 1 p.
Description: Title page for T. Salmon's Behelzende Het Vervolg Der Beschryvinge Van Holland, published in 1746.In the foreground putti playing with the maps of Leiden and Delft, at center the coat of arms of The Hague. Beyond, a river landscape with a farm on the left and several farmers working on the fields leading to The Hague, far in the background.Signed and dated under the coat of arms: 'J.C. Philips inv. et fec. 1746.'Four lines of text below: 'Het Platte Land van Holland en dezelfs Gesteltenis... hier wordt beschreven.' Etching and engraving on paper with small margins; total: 186 x 116 mm; traces of previous mounting on verso, in very good condition.

Keywords: Frontispiece|Leiden|the Hague|Topography & Travel