Live auction - Lot 1272
[Tournai]
Les vitraux de la cathédrale de Tournai [...].
Brussels, Librairie scientifique et littéraire, 1848
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
Elephant folio (79,5 x 54,5 cm); 14 pl. under tissue guards (some marg. dampst. and spotting).
Contemp. half green cloth, marbled paper boards, flat spine (some rubbing, corners bumped).
First ed. containing 14 large, hand-coloured, lithographic pl. by J. De Keghel of the stained glass windows by Jean-Baptiste Capronnier (1814-1891), Belgian stained glass painter. Ill. the rivalry between the kings Sigibert and Chilperic, as described in the text.
Ref. Universal catalogue of books on art, I:227.