Carte de la Belgique, d'après Ferraris, augmentée des plans des six villes principales et de l'indication des routes, canaux et autres travaux exécutés depuis 1777 jusqu'en 1831 : 42 feuilles.

Brussels, Établissement Géographique de Bruxelles, [c. 1832]

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Folio: 43 hinge-mounted pl., numbered 1 to 42bis, some borders hand-coloured (few spots, mostly marginal).

Contemp. half black shagreen, percaline boards, flat spine (some sm. stains on boards).

Second edition of Vandermaelen's homage to Ferraris, published shortly after the Belgian independence. With original Ferraris orthography ("Montenack" pl. 22) and with lithographed addition beyond the border of pl. 1. The atlas comprises: the "carte d'assemblage" with title and legend and 42 detailed maps, including the city plans of Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Namur, Mons and Liège.
Ref. Silvestre & Fincoeur (1994), I-3.
Bound with, at the end: Carte physique et routière de la Belgique divisée par provinces. Antwerp, F. Tessaro, 1838.