Monographie de l'hôtel-de-ville de Louvain, 1448-1872. Illustré de 48 planches et de 3 photographies représentant environ 700 sujets.

Folio: [6]-55 pp., 48 pl. (some spotting, mostly on first and last lvs).

Publ. half cloth, flat spine.

Rare monograph on the city hall of Leuven by A. Everaerts after the documents left by his brother Dominique (1803-1869), restorer of this magnificent building. Contains 3 original albumen photogr. by Prosper Morren (1843-1920) incl. one of the oldest photographic views of the town-hall of Leuven.
Ref. St. F. Joseph, Tr. Schwilden, M.-C. Claes, Directory of photographers in Belgium, 1839-1905, p. 290.
Joined: Album illustré du cortège historique organisé à Louvain à l'occasion du cinquantième anniversaire de la restauration de l'Université Catholique 1834-1884. Précédé d'une notice sur l'histoire de l'Alma Mater. Leuven, D. Aug. Peeters Ruelens, 1886. Folio obl., loose, 23 pp., 10 pl., xxi-[1] pp. In orig. ill. cardboard folder. Album with a historical record, itinerary of the procession, description of the 10 parade floats, subscriber's list, a foreword and a list of members of the committees. Text ornamented with decorated initials, in 2 col. within a red framework. 10 nice chromolithogr. Ref. Mennessier de la Lance I:10. (2 vol.)