Excerpt from Essays on Glass, China, Silver, Etc: In Connection With the Willet-Holthuysen Museum Collection Amsterdam<br><br>As we read in the title-deeds of the house, this piece of ground was already provided with foundations of mortar.<br><br>Now, if we want to take our chronicler literally, in the year immediately following that of the last-mentioned purchase, or else, certainly during the following years, 1673, or 74, the splendid mansion must have been built.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.