Live auction - Lot 954
[Painting - Low Countries]
Voyage pittoresques de la Flandre et du Brabant [...].
DESCAMPS, Jean-Baptiste
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
Amsterdam; Brussels, J. Moris, 1772
8vo: [2]-405-[11] pp. (sm. hole in f. S4, minor spotting).
Contemp. sheep, gilt-orn. spine with 5 raised bands and gilt title (head sl. rubbed, corners bumped).
New ed. (orig. 1769), not illustrated contrary to what title says. This work describes the artistic riches of Brussels, Leuven, Mechelen, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, but also from smaller cities like Mons, Diksmuide, Tournai, etc. It also contains more than 25 biographies of Flemish painters (Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, Richard and Bernard Van Orley...).
Ref. STCN. - STCV.