STEIN d'ALTENSTEIN, Baron Isidore de
Armorial du Royaume de Belgique, dédié au roi
Bruxelles
Degobert
1845
In-folio (30,5 x 23 cm), lithogr. title, 2 pp dedication, 220 lithog. enhanced in colors. A coat of arms on pl. 84 replaced by a facsimile. Bound in half leather, gilt title on the spine
First edition of one of the most beautiful armorial books of the Belgian nobility. The composition may vary according to the copies, ours being composed as follows: title by Paul Lauters, - dedication (2 pp.), - coat of arms of Leopold 1 - coat of arms of the Duke of Brabant - coat of arms of the Count of Flanders (dated 1856) - coat of arms of the Kingdom of Belgium - 175 numbered plates - supplement of 7 plates - second series of 34 plates - prospectus at the end. Ref. de Ghellinck 1423
