Live auction - Lot 551
[Belgium - Netherlands]
Les délices des Pays-Bas ou Description géographique et historique des XVII provinces Belgiques.
Paris, Antwerp, C.M. Spanoghe, 1786
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
7 vol., 8vo; 154 pl. (text n.c., some spotting, few pl. toned).
Sewn (loosening). Uncut copy.
This 8th ed. (title incorrectly states "septième") of the popular topographical work on the Low Countries was printed in Antwerp by Spanoghe, while earlier ed. were printed in Brussels and Liège. Ill. (complete) with 154 engr., most of which fold., depicting town plans, monuments or panoramic views. Complete with the 2 vol. "Supplément". Extensively ann. in margins throughout.
Ref. De le Court p. 312 sq. - BnF. - STCV.
Prov. Ms. entries on title dated 1787.