Live auction - Lot 734
[Brussels]
Le guide fidèle, contenant la description de la ville de Bruxelles tant ancienne que moderne, celle de ses faux-bourgs & de ses huit chefs-mayeries, savoir Vilvorden, Grimberghe, Gaesbecke, Rode, Assche, Merchtem, Campenhout, & Capelle. Ouvrage curieux & utile.
Brussels, J. Moris, 1761
Hammer price: €
170
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
8vo: [4]-52-56-50-112 pp. (some soiling, jump from p. 55 to p. 64 in last part without loss of text).
Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (sl. rubbed, sm. stains, lack of leather to one edge).
Interesting historical and topographical source of Brussels and its surroundings, with at the end the adresses of the nobility, as well as a list of physicians, brewers, shops, hotels, bars, and other information on trade and services.
Ref. de le Court, p. 460. - Warzée 27.