La Belgique monumentale, historique et pittoresque [...]. Ouvrage suivi d'un Coup d'oeil sur l'état actuel des arts, des sciences et de la littérature en Belgique, par A. Baron.

2 vol., 8vo; 67 pl. (text n.c., some foxing).

Contemp. half dark blue morocco, blue paper on boards orn. with a gilt roll-stamp on left side, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, marbled edges (sl. traces of use).

First edition of this collection of texts by H.G.Ph. Moke, V. Joly, Théodore Juste, Charles Hen, Félix Stappaerts, André Van Hasselt, etc., on the different regions of Belgium. Illustrated with 67 plates incl. 7 hand-coloured and heightened with Arabic gum, and many b/w in-text ill. With at the end details on the arts, sciences and literature in Belgium by A. Baron. From the coll. "Panthéon national".
Ref. Van der Marck, p. 192. - Cp. Bibliogr. nat. IV:321 (Muquardt, 1845).