37 documents and prints concerning especially goldsmithing, jewellery, and various crafts in Antwerp and French Flanders.

Various sizes, on paper (occ. and mainly marginal damp stains and spotting).

Loose sheets. Good general condition.

26 documents (placards, except 1 printed recto/verso), folio, with woodcut coat of arms at the head: 1-10. 10 ordinances ("Gheboden ende uyt-gheroepen...") of the City of Antwerp concerning especially crafts and guilds: torchbearers, midwives, blacksmiths, butchers, guild of passenger carriers ("Corde-waghen-cruyders Natie"), of transporters ("buyldraegers"), etc., also "een simulaet houwelijck voor eenen ghesupposeerden Pastoor oft Capellaen". [Antwerp, 1592-1685]. In Dutch. - 11. Charles VII, Emperor - Ordinance concerning money counterfeiters in Antwerp. Brussels, E.H. Fricx, 1726. In French (paper reinforcement on back). - 12-25. 14 lists of jewellery and/or silverware stolen in Lille, Valenciennes, Saint-Amand, Bergues, notably from Baron de Joigny de Pamele. S.l., s.n., [1725-1793]. In French and Dutch. - 26. République française - Notification concerning the invoicing of supplies made by Belgians on behalf of the French Republic. Brussels, Impr. des Armées, [1794]. Bilingual French-Dutch on 2 col. (marg. tears and folds).
11 prints: 1-9. Bénard, R. - 9 engr. plates from the "Encyclopédie" of Diderot and d'Alembert: "Orfèvre-bijoutier" (7 pl. + 1 explan. f.) and "Ciseleur et damasquinier" (2 pl. + 1 explan. f.). Folio. In sheets. - 10. Schwartzweber; after Bening, A. - "Une boutique de joaillier". Hand-coloured heliogravure from "Gazette des Beaux-Arts". Paris, A. Clément, [1891]. 18 x 27,5 cm, under passe-partout. - 11. "De Zilversmit", in-text engraving from "Spiegel van het menselyk bedryf". [Amst., 1718?]. Loose f., sm. 8vo.
Joined: Casier, Joseph - Les orfèvres flamands et leurs poinçons. Ghent, Vanderpoorten, 1914. Lge folio (sl. foxing). In sheets. (39 pcs)