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993 - VASSE, Jacques-Abraham-Antoine *The Picturesque Province of Namur* [...]. Namur: F.J. Douxfils; Wasse, n.d. Obl. 4to: 70 plates (some spotting or toning, some leaves loose or coming loose). Contemporary blue percaline with original wrapper pasted on the front board (bookblock loosening, slightly soiled). Album containing 70 lithographs of castles, ruins, and abbeys in the province of Namur, based on drawings by Antoine-Abraham Vasse (1800–1859), and lithographed by, among others, Fourmois, Kindermans, Bauwens, Ghémar, Lauters, Stroobant. Most include the names of the owners in the caption below. With his project “La Belgique par province,” Vasse intended to dedicate an album of 100 to 200 plates to each Belgian province. Ref. Van der Marck, pp. 190–191.

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€150 - 200

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30%

VASSE, Jacques-Abraham-Antoine *The Picturesque Province of Namur* [...]. Namur: F.J. Douxfils; Wasse, n.d. Obl. 4to: 70 plates (some spotting or toning, some leaves loose or coming loose). Contemporary blue percaline with original wrapper pasted on the front board (bookblock loosening, slightly soiled). Album containing 70 lithographs of castles, ruins, and abbeys in the province of Namur, based on drawings by Antoine-Abraham Vasse (1800–1859), and lithographed by, among others, Fourmois, Kindermans, Bauwens, Ghémar, Lauters, Stroobant. Most include the names of the owners in the caption below. With his project “La Belgique par province,” Vasse intended to dedicate an album of 100 to 200 plates to each Belgian province. Ref. Van der Marck, pp. 190–191.

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Cartography, atlases, old manuscripts, old and rare books
Friday, December 4
01:00 PM
19/2 Rue aux Laines
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

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Arenberg Auctions +3225441055 info@arenbergauctions.com
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