77/4949 [Amsterdam and surroundings]. "Winter Vreugde op den Amstel en 't gaan des Ysbreekers en der Waterschuiten." Large etched and engr. view by H. VAN DER TIELEMAN on 4 attached lvs., ±61,5x92 cm. (total size), engr. title in Dutch and French and captions in Dutch and French below image, Amst., P. Schenk, ±1746, framed.

- Formerly folded in at least 6 sections; a few vague spots in left sky area.

= Rare view. Bierens de Haan 4840; Atlas van Stolk 3582. Very lively winter scene, depicting the famous horse-drawn ice-breaker freeing the Amstel of ice so that clean water could be delivered to the breweries in the city. The view shows many people skating fearlessly in front of the icebreaker and onlookers standing on the quay.