Title:

Het oude mannen en vrouwen gasthuis naar de noordzyde te zien

Description:

View from the north. An oudemannenhuis was a retirement house for men & women over the age of 60.

This engravings comes from the book:

Amsterdam, in zyne opkomst, aanwas geschiedenissen, voorregten, koophandel, gebouwen, kerkenstaat, schoolen, schutterye, gilden en regeeringe, beschreven door Jan Wagenaar, historieschryver de Stad.

Author: Jan Wagenaar

Published: Amsterdam, Isaak Tirion

Date: 1760, 1765, 1767 (books I, II & III respectively)

The books are a monumental history of Amsterdam, its emergence and growth.

Condition: Very good.

Color: Uncoloured

Size (h x w): 24.5 x 35.5 cm (neat line)

Technique: Copper plate

Jan Wagennar, historian, 1709 – 1773.

Isaak (Isaac) Tirion, publisher, 1705 - 1773

Ref: JJB2752