Les principaux edifices et vues de la ville d'Amsterdam ... = De voornaamste gebouwen en ge...

The left page contains a faint, mirrored ghost image of a map showing the Amsterdam canal system, likely a result of ink transfer from a facing page in the bound volume.

A detailed copperplate engraving showing the front elevation of the Amsterdam Town Hall (Stadhuis), currently known as the Royal Palace. The building is a grand, symmetrical Neoclassical structure with a central pediment adorned with sculptures and a high dome with a cupola. The square in the foreground, Dam Square, is populated by numerous small figures of people and a few dogs. Large clouds fill the sky above the building.

AMSTERDAM TOWN HALL

front view.

The TOWN HALL

seen from the front; whose first foundation stones were laid in the year 1648, on the 28th of October.

P. Schenk publisher, Amsterdam: With Privilege.