First edition of a descriptive travel account through Amsterdam and its surroundings, with wide margins, and 57 extra double-page plates. The work originally contained only 12 plates, but the present work includes 69. Most of the extra plates in the first part were taken from and produced by Abraham Rademaker and used in his Hollands Arcadia of de vermaarde Rivier den Amstel (1730). The second part borrows prints from Matthijs Pool's Verscheyde gesigten van de vermaarde rievier de buyten Amstel van de stadt Amsterdam, tot het dorp Ouwerkerk and Pieter Schenk's Afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam (18th century). The first volume also contains an added portrait of the author by Frederik Ottens, and a folding map of the city of Amsterdam.
Daniël Willink (1676-1722) was a Dutch poet, writer and wine-merchant. In the present work, he describes with accuracy the places of interest of Amsterdam and surroundings, glorifying the beauty of the city and landscape. As he left his manuscript unfinished, the work was completed after his death by Gerrit Schoenmaker. Part one mostly describes Amsterdam and the Amstel river going south in the direction of Ouderkerk. The second part describes the cities western regions and the way to Haarlem. The original 12 double-page views show the Amstel river, Ouderkerk, Amstelmond, Amstelveen, Waverveen, Sloten, Sloterdijk, the Haarlemmerpoort, and a few estates in the area, and were made by Jan Casper Philips and Jan Punt after Cornelis Pronk and Abraham de Haen. The work was reprinted in 1773.
With a round, blind-stamped ownership mark of the Cistercians of Westmalle (Belgium) on page 15 in both volumes. The boards of both volumes are slightly rubbed and stained, the upper joint of the second volume is weakened, the lettering on the spine has faded. The volumes are slightly browned throughout, with a minor water stain in the final 10 leaves of the second volume. Otherwise in good condition, with very wide margins, and numerous extra plates. Haitsma Mulier & van der Lem 522; Nijhoff-van Hattum 335; STCN 180216414 (25 copies, of which 5 incomplete); cf. for the extra plates: Bertram, Noord-Hollandsche Arcadia, 2005; Van der Steur, Reizen door Nederland, pp. 399 (later ed.)