Live veiling - Lot 548
[Ceremony]
Collection of 19 plates from the "Album du jubilé de 875 ans, en l'honneur de Notre-Dame d'Hanswijk, ou Description historique de la Grande cavalcade [...]".
Mechelen, H. Dierickx-Beke fils, 1863
€ 100 / 120
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Beschrijving lot
19 pl. (some foldings, some foxing).
Loose, under passe-partout and in Solander box.
19 lithographs from the commemorative album of the 875 year anniversary of the cavalcade at Mechelen, featuring: Our Lady of Hanswijk, the 8 chariots and the parade following on, the Belgian navy and the "Ommegang" with the 2 camels, the Horse Bayard and the Wheel of Fortune. Every 25 years, the profane "Ommegang" follows the yearly religious Hanswijk procession, thus forming the cavalcade. The pl. figuring the giants is missing, but present in the album joined with the collection.
Joined: Album du jubilé de 875 ans, en l'honneur de Notre-Dame d'Hanswijk, ou Description historique de la Grande cavalcade et des fêtes publiques qui seront célébrées solennellement à Malines pendant la dernière quinzaine du mois d'aout 1863. Orné de 20 planches [...] par Victor Vervloet. (Mechelen: H. Dierickx-Beke fils, 1863). 4to: 40 pp. with 1 pl. + 19 folding pl. (used). (2 vol.)