Le Guide fidèle contenant la description du Brabant-Wallon [...].

Brussels, J. Moris, ca. 1776

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8vo, 10 parts (sl. browned).

Contemp. mottled calf, gilt decorated spine (tr. of use).

Rare 1st collected ed. with excerpts of the yearly magazine "Almanach nouveau" published between 1767 and 1776. Interesting historical and topographical source of Walloon Brabant providing information on Nivelles, Genappe, La Hulpe, Mont-Saint-Guibert, Grez-Doiceau, Aincourt, Gembloux, Dongelberg, Melin, St-Jean-Geest, Gest-à-Vironpont, Jauche, Orp-le-Grand, Jandrain and Hanut, as well as about many smaller villages.
Ref. de le Court, p. 460. - Warzée, A. - Recherches bibliographiques sur les almanachs belges, 27.
Joined: 1. Le Guide fidèle contenant la description de la ville de Louvain [...]. Brussels, J. Moris, s.d. 8vo, 5 parts. Contemp. mottled calf (tr. of use). Rare 1st collected ed. incl. 5 reprints of "Almanach nouveau" (1757-1776). Interesting historical and topographical source of Leuven, with at the end the Brussels residences of the nobility, as well as a list of physicians, shops, and other information on trade and services. Ref. de le Court, p. 460. - Warzée, A., 27. - 2. Christyn, J.B.; Foppens, Fr. - Basilica Bruxellensis sive Monumenta antiqua, inscriptiones, et coenotaphia insignis ecclesiae collegiatae SS. Michaeli Archangelo, & Gudilae Virgini Sacrae. [And] Id.- Basilicae Bruxellensis pars altera [...]. Mechelen, L. van der Elst, 1743. 8vo, 2 parts: [6]-150-[6], [2]-158-[7] pp. Contemp. calf (tr. of use, joints weak). Later ed. of tourist guide of the Brussels cathedral church, with texts of epitaphs and other inscriptions. Ill. with 2 engr. plates showing St. Michael and Gudula. Prov. Collector's label. - 3. [Brunelle, P.-J.] - Histoire de l'église collégiale et paroissiale des SS. Michel et Gudule, à Bruxelles. Brussels, s.n., 1820. 8vo. - 4. Delepierre, O. - Guide dans Bruges, ou Description des objets d'art et des monuments curieux qui renferme cette ville. Bruges, Bogaert-Dumortier, 1838. 12mo. Contemp. half sheep (sl. tr. of wear). Rare 2nd enlarged ed. (5 vol.)