160 - [EX-LIBRIS & BELGIAN GRAPHIC ART]

[EX-LIBRIS & BELGIAN GRAPHIC ART] 5 reference works illustrated with several insert plates, in in-4° format (and reprinted in in-8°). Contemporary blue half-cloth Bradel binding, smooth spines slightly browned, covers in amateur paper (some covers partially sun-faded), natural edges. An exceptional and historic thematic collection originating entirely from the library of Dr. C. Baudoux, with each volume bearing his engraved bookplate pasted onto the endpapers. This lot includes: 1. PIERRON Sander. Belgian Bookplate Artists. Paris, Daragon; Brussels, Havermans, 1906. A limited first edition of only 200 numbered copies printed on Holland Van Gelder paper (here, no. 174). Illustrated with 44 inset plates printed on the front side only (compositions by Rassenfosse, Khnopff, and Rops). 2. LINNIG, Benjamin. *New Series of Libraries and Bookplates of Belgian Collectors in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries*. Brussels: G. Van Oest & Cie, 1910. A major work featuring 99 illustrations in the text, 1 lithographic reprint, and 6 reprints from the original copper plates. 1 of 500 copies numbered on vellum (here, no. 21). 3. DIRICK, Jos. L. Belgian Bookplates. Brussels: Havermans, Misch & Thron, 1911. Limited edition of 500 copies; one of 485 numbered on Van Gelder Holland paper (here, no. 176). Contains about fifty reproductions of full-page bookplates or bookplates mounted as inserts (Minne, Donnay, Doudelet, Teirlinck). 4. RELS, Armand. Bookplates. Brussels: Havermans, Misch & Thron, 1911. Limited edition of 500 copies; one of the 475 numbered copies on Holland Van Gelder paper (here, no. 202). Includes an introductory text by Mathias Robert and 32 plates of original bookplates, either engraved or mounted. 5. ROBERT, Mathias. Ex-libris by Armand Rels, 2nd series. Brussels, Havermans, n.d. (c. 1913). A limited edition of only 100 copies. 1/20 numbered copies on Holland Van Gelder paper (here, no. 14). Complete with its set of 25 engraved ex-libris printed as separate plates.