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1.
[Synagogue].

Creator:
Engelbrecht, Martin, 1684-1756
Published / Created:
ca. 1755?]
Call Number:
2010 1622
Image Count:
13
Description:
BEIN 2010 1626: Stamps with ms. numbers on versos of leaves., Title supplied by cataloger., A peep show consisting of six engraved leaves, card-backed, hand-colored and cut away., Background leaf numbered: 6. Printed at bottom of leaf 6: C.P. Maj. C. M. Eng. exc. A.V., An adaptation of a Bernard Picart illustration for Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, published in Amsterdam in 1723., Depicts a three-dimensional synagogue scene including the consecration of the synagogue and the reading of the Torah., and Synagogue depicted is the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Name):
Portuguese Synagogue (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Subject (Topic):
Synagogues and Peep shows
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Synagogue].

2.
[Peepshow viewing box and 10 peepshows].

Published / Created:
ca. 1750?]
Call Number:
2011 Folio 69
Image Count:
159
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., An optical box (or boîte d'optique) for viewing peepshows; accompanied by 10 peepshows displaying a variety of scenes., Peepshows possibly engraved and printed by Martin Engelbrecht of Augsburg., To use the box, the viewer looked through the magnifying lens and saw, reflected in a mirror placed at a 45-degree angle, a three-dimensional scene formed from a series of six layered images., Each of the 10 accompanying peepshow sets contains six views; all of the views are printed on stiff paper, are hand colored and have been cut out except for the sixth which forms the background and has the number 6 printed at the bottom. In some cases view 5 also has the number printed at the bottom., Each peepshow is housed in an individual packet of paper with a manuscript title in Dutch; the packets have been hand numbered nos. 1-9 and no. 11 and, on the verso of each view, the set number and the view number have been added in ms., and Within the background view of set no. 6, the letter H is printed in the lower left corner.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Topic):
Peep shows
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Peepshow viewing box and 10 peepshows].

3.
[Artist's studio].

Creator:
Engelbrecht, Martin, 1684-1756
Published / Created:
ca. 1750?]
Call Number:
2010 1620
Image Count:
13
Description:
BEIN 2010 1620: Stamps with ms. numbers on versos of leaves., Title supplied by cataloger., A peep show consisting of six engraved leaves, card-backed, hand-colored and cut away., Depicts a three-dimensional artist's studio scene with an apprentice grinding colors, one artist at his easel, three artists sketching a classical statue, another artist putting finishing touches on a painting, and two customers being shown canvases for purchase., and Background leaf numbered: 6.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Topic):
Artists' studios and Peep shows
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Artist's studio].

4.
[Sugar plantation].

Creator:
Engelbrecht, Martin, 1684-1756
Published / Created:
ca. 1750?]
Call Number:
JWJ Za En32 750Z
Image Count:
11
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., A peep show consisting of five engraved leaves, card-backed, hand-colored and cut away., Three-dimensional scene depicting a sugar plantation (probably on Saint-Domingue) with slaves at work and several overseerers; engraved by Martin Engelbrecht?, and First leaf numbered: 1.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
Haiti
Subject (Topic):
Sugar plantations, Slavery, and Peep shows
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Sugar plantation].

5.
[Printing shop].

Creator:
Engelbrecht, Martin, 1684-1756
Published / Created:
ca. 1750?]
Call Number:
2010 1621
Image Count:
13
Description:
BEIN 2010 1621: Stamps with ms. numbers on versos of leaves., Title supplied by cataloger., A peep show consisting of six engraved leaves, card-backed, hand-colored and cut away., Depicts a three-dimensional printing shop scene including pressmen working at wooden presses, compositors setting type, and a proof reader seated at a table., and Background leaf numbered: 6.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Topic):
Printers and Peep shows
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Printing shop].

6.
[Das Bordell] [diorama].

Creator:
Engelbrecht, Martin, 1684-1756
Published / Created:
ca. 1750?]
Call Number:
2009 1828
Image Count:
13
Abstract:
A diorama consisting of 6 engraved cardboard leaves that give a perspective view through a peep hole of a contemporary public boulevard, a walled middle-European town in the background, with a lively crowd. The first panel apparently shows the bordello's exterior, to the left a man leans out of a window to admire a woman (who takes a rose from a boy) and to the right one man steps from the door as another, hand seeking out his purse, is about to proceed in. In other panels may be seen young women pointing men toward the doorways or leading them there
Description:
BEIN 2009 1828: Plates numbered on verso in ms. and Illustrations hand colored.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Topic):
Brothels and Peep shows
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Das Bordell] [diorama].

7.
Pêche à la baleine

Creator:
Engelbrecht, Martin, 1684-1756
Published / Created:
ca. 1750?]
Call Number:
2009 1855
Image Count:
15
Description:
Wrapped in folded brown paper., Title from ms. note on paper wrapping., A peep show consisting of six leaves (leaves 2 to 6 are numbered), printed on stiff paper, hand-colored and cut out., Depicts a three-dimensional whaling scene with large boats and small, whalers, whales, a shipwreck, and a mountainous landscape in the background and on the sides., and Originally viewed in a box that held the leaves separately in individual planes.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Topic):
Whaling and Peep shows
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Pêche à la baleine