PASSE, Crispijn II de.

Oficina arcularia in qua sunt ad spectantia diversa eximia exempla ex variis autoribus collecta.- Bouticque menuserie d'dans laquelle sont compris les plus notable fondaments, non moins arichesse avecq des nouvelles inventons (sic).- Schriner Laden in wilchem begriffen seijn underscheidtliche schoene fondamenten zu nutz deren Const liebhaberen.- Schrinwerckers winckel waer in begrepen sijn de principaelste stucken der schreinwerckers const fondamentlick gestelt ende mit nieuuwe inventien verciert.

      The architectural plates by Crispijn II de Passe Amsterdam, Crispijn de Passe, 1642. Large folio. Loose lvs. in half vellum cover, sides covered with marbled paper. The lvs. have been provisionally bound together: traces of binding in the left margins. 31 large engraved architectural plates of classical columns, wooden furniture, ornaments, fountains, doorways, designs of Dutch houses of ca. 300 x 200 mm. by Crispijn II de Passe and Paulus van Vianen; added are 2 smaller plates of ornamented fire-places (ca. 220 x 150 mm.). 17 (out of 19 or 20) large engraved plates of the second very enlarged edition of this series of architectonical plates by Crispijn II de Passe. The first edition of this series, consisting of only 14 plates (numbered A (title), and A-N) of expensive and fashionable pieces of furniture of French and Dutch design, was published by Crispijn I de Passe in Utrecht in 1621 (see reproduction of the title in Veldman, fig. 139). The title of this series Oficina arcularia (The cabinetmaker's shop ...), with the translation of the title in French, German and Dutch, shows that the publisher was aiming at an international market. They also demonstrate that Crispijn II not only had a thorough knowledge of the latest developments in furniture-making and styles of ornament, but also that he was well acquainted with the work of his predecessor Hans Vredeman de Vries's Differents pourtraicts de menuiserie which was published by Philips Galle in Antwerp around 1583, containing 16 plates with furniture designs and an engraved title in an ornamental surround which is very similar to Crispijn's (see Hollstein XLVIII, part 2, 491-507).In the 1642 edition there are 6 more plates, while one of the first edition is missing. A third edition appeared in 1651:A: Title within an asymmetrical Corinthian frame (see Veldman, fig. 139).A [bis] - B: measured elevations and details of the five orders.C: decoration for furniture (mantelpieces?).D: a half symmetry view of designs for an ornate bed.E-M: further furniture designs, often half-symmetry. Plate G is called 'G2'. As the BAL copy has only plate 'G1', this is possibly an unrecorded variant (altered for the third edition of 1651?). Plate K is lacking.N: six chairs and three tables.O: a half of a pulpit, attributed to Hendrick de Keyser. The 'O' was probably added for the 1651 edition and was originally plate XXIII in section 1 of part 2 (see below). P is lacking.Q: three grotesque cartouches ('O' in the BAL copy!)R: swags and grotesque masks.S: six herms and other supporters.(T: there is no plate T in this copy, but it is suggested that most copies don't have that plate at all).The work is evidently printed at the same time as two other parts which were probably sold both separately and together as part 1-3. The first part was Jacob Barozzio de Vignola's Regola de'cinque ordini d'architettura ... Con la nuova aggionta di Michel-Angelo Buonaroti (together with title in Dutch, French and German); the second part: La ii parte dell architettura dell Vignola e'altri famossi architetti ... and the third part was our Oficina arcularia. The first title has the imprint: Amsterdam, (Crispijn de Passe) for Jan Jansz. & Jan van Hilten, 1642.The present collection of plates includes the following 14 large engraved and etched plates from part 2 (containing a total of 83 plates, divided in 2 sections: (1) plates I-XXVI and (2) 5 series of resp. 6, 6, 10, 6 and 29 plates):- from section 1: all the 4 plates of designs by Dutch architects and artists (the other 22 plates are by Italian architects): - (plate XXIII: a half of a pulpit, attributed to Hendrick de Keyser, transferred as plate 'O' to part 3 (see above)). - plate XXIIII: a font or fountain signed 'M.M. Keyser inventor'. - plate XXIIIII (partly errased): a fountain signed 'Paulus van Vianen inven:'. - plate XXVI (partly errased): a fountain signed 'Paulus van Vianen delin: F.'.Plates XXIIIII-XXVI are etched by the famous silversmith Paulus van Vianen and are probably published here for the first time.- from section 2: - the complete second series of 6 plates, numbered I-VI: six elevations of Dutch houses. Plates II-IV are signed as drawn by P. (Philips or Pieter) and Pieter Vingboons. Plates I and V may not be by Vingboons, and were not among the designs published in his Afbeelsels der voornaemste gebouwen, which included re-engraved versions of plates II-IV and VI. - plates II-VI of the 4th series, consisting of 6 plates: five elevations and plans for doorways and porticos. Plate II has the title: " Porta del inventione de Joan de Santen Archite (sic) Romano. Poort naer de inventie van Joan van Santen Architeckt tot Roomen" .So this additional collection of 14 beautiful large architectural plates are all the plates designed by Dutch architects and engraved by Crispijn II de Passe (and 2 by Paulus van Vianen) from the second part of the 1642 edition of the famous Regola delli cinque ordini d'architectura by Vignola. Added are 2 smaller engraved plates of ornamented fire-places, numbered 18 and 21, from an unidentified edition. The plates are in fair condition all with a small blue stamp (with the monogram 'AA'?).- (Some staining and tears (repaired), some margins strengthened, 4 plates mounted). Ilja Veldman, Crispijn de Passe and his progeny (2001), p. 263, 337 and figs. 139 and 140; Hollstein XVI, 174; Jervis, Printed furniture designs (1974), p. 41 and figs. 291-308; BAL 3452 (s.v. Vignola); Berlin Kat. 1223, 2586; Casotti 39; Fowler 241, 362.