Live auction - Lot 1069
[Manuscript atlas]
A teacher album.
DEYNOODT, Camille
Hammer price: €
180
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Ca. 1846
3 parts in one vol., 4to: 34 ff., 5 folding pl. Drawn, pen and ink, wove paper (sl. toned).
Contemp. half sheep, gilt decorated buckram covers with title (spine damaged, edges worn).
Unique and charming album regarding the history of Belgium (18 pl.), France (6 pl.) and England (7 pl.). With 3 titles and 5 diagrams on folding plates enriched with penwork. Four diagrams, in fact circular timelines, have a sm. map in the center, resp. of Belgium, France, the British Isles and Italy. At the end is a summary sheet in "trompe l'oeil collage" with the diagrams on a reduced scale, together with a map of Europe and flyers with teaching guidelines. The author was presumably a teacher and member of the Ghent Deynoodt family.