Voyage historique et pittoresque fait dans les Pays-Bas, et dans quelques départemens voisins, pendant les années 1811, 1812, et 1813.

2 vol., 8vo: [8]-169-[1 bl.-2], [4]-272-[2] pp. (toned, some spotting; tear repaired at top of p. 165 of vol. I).

Sewn, contemp. blue marbl. wrappers (used), in mod. folders and slipcase. Good, uncut copy.

First Brussels edition (1st Paris 1813) of this travel account by the Saint-Quentin-born Paquet-Syphorien. Ill. with a folding map of "ci-devant Belgique" and 23 engr. ill. (some folding) showing maps (i.a. the canal of St-Quentin) or views of monuments (i.a. Manneken Pis, the Royal Palace, the Ypres cloth hall and the city halls of Leuven, Brussels and Antwerp). 1 table on the textile industry of St-Quentin. The author visits St-Quentin, Mons, Luxembourg, Liège, Bonn, Leuven, Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Dunkirk and Saint-Omer, and pays special attention to local production and industry, monuments and works of art.
Ref. Not in Opac KBR.
Joined: Reis door België in het jaar 1814. Met platen, kaarten, gezichten en kostumen. Amsterdam, E. Maaskamp; Brussels, P.J. De Mat, 1815. 8vo: xv-[1 bl.]-165-[11] pp. Contemp. half calf, flat spine. 1st ed., with 7 (of 10) engr. ill. (2 vol.)