Live auction - Lot 267
[Livre d'or de l'Association des Invalides de Guerre].
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
4to: 75 fol. (with text), 38 photographs (traces of use, most photographs in average to good condition).
Contemp. brown shagreen, flat spine, gilt edges, marbled endpapers (sev. dam.).
Album made on the initiative of its president, the former cycling champion Léon Coeckelbergh. Contains autographs of numerous personalities, including King Baudouin of Belgium, King Albert I, Prince Albert (the later King Albert II), Prince Bernard, Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, Prince de Ligne, Prince Jean de Merode, Cardinal Van Roey, Belgian senator and minister Paul Struye, Belgian cycling champion Raymond Impanis, Jean de Luxembourg etc. For the most important visitors, a photo during the visit has been added.