Online auction - Lot 275
[Belgium - Brussels]
Description de la ville de Bruxelles, enrichie du plan de la ville et de perspectives.
Brussels, J.L. de Boubers, 1782
Starting bid: €
80
€ 100 / 120
Bidding via DrouotLot description
12mo; 5 pl. (some foxing, book block broken after p. 50, tears without loss to the pl., ms. entry crossed out on title).
Contemp. sheep, flat spine, red edges (very rubbed, head and tail missing, leather missing to edges and corners, staining).
Illustrated with a large fold. plan of Brussels in 1782 by J.-F. La Rue and with 4 fold. views (the Place Royale with the statue of Charles of Lorraine, Minerva Fountain in the Sablon, view of the canal and the Place St-Michel, i.e. Place des Martyrs now).
Ref. De le Court 291. - Opac KBR.
Prov. Ex dono from John Lyle to his cousin Edward Berwick of Irin (ms. entry dated from College Dublin, 1804).- Edward Berwick (ms. entry dated 1805).