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Délices du Brabant et de ses campagnes, ou Description des v…
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Délices du Brabant et de ses campagnes, ou Description des v…
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Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
Délices du Brabant et de ses campagnes, ou Description des villes, bourgs & principales terres seigneuriales de ce duché [...]. 3 (of 4) vol. in-8° ; 120 pl. (t. 3 missing, text n.c.). - Description of the 3 (out of 4) "districts" of Brabant, plus a chapter relating to Malines. Remarkable work for its iconography, illustrated with 120 plates: 3 (of 4) town plans, 3 (of 4) panoramic views of Louvain, Brussels and Bois-le-Duc, 4 plates of coats of arms and 110 (of 180) views of monuments or castles, the latter generally accompanied by the arms of their owner, by Harrewijn, Bouttats, Cause... - Ref. STCN. - Quérard II:43. - Not in BB or Brunet. - Prov. Georges Martin (armorial bookplate with motto "vanitas et ventus praeter deus [deum]"). - Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (armorial bookplate). - Unidentified bookplate, probably a member of the Petty-Fitzmaurice family (only in volume IV).
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About the sale
Prints & Drawings, Photographs & Comics, Rare Books, Atlases & Manuscripts, Surrealism, Congo, Erotica & Ballets russes
Auction location
Auction time
06/26/2026 at 1:00 PM
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