Arnold van der Valk, Rob van Leeuwen, Hans Bol — Gespaard Landschap

Amsterdam: Amsterdamse Raad voor de Monumentenzorg / Uitgeverij de Balie. First edition, first printing. 72 pp., 12 x 34 cm. Condition: Fine (F). Light toning to edge of paper; else fine. Twenty-four photographs by Hans Bol show remnants of Amsterdam’s pre-industrial landscape and traces of older land division. The images focus attention on dikes, cemeteries, waterways and historic parcel patterns—features whose cultural value often lies in the larger spatial ensemble rather than in an individual architectural detail. The accompanying text by Arnold van der Valk and Rob van Leeuwen examines how such landscape elements fit within heritage protection and urban planning. It responds to advisory questions received by the Amsterdam Council for the Preservation of Monuments and draws on the 1999 Belvedere policy document concerning cultural history and spatial design. Issued as the third volume in a series, the book argues that these inherited structures occupy an uncertain place in conventional monument law while facing pressure from Amsterdam’s anticipated growth.