Collection des anciennes portes de Bruxelles & autres vues remarquables du Royaume des Pays-Bas.

4to: 20 pl. (usual spotting throughout).

Contemp. green half shagreen, green paper over boards, gilt spine with raised bands, marbled edges (rubbed, corners bumped). Good copy.

20 animated plates lithogr. by Alexandre Boëns (Tournai 1783-after 1837), after drawings by P. Vitzthumb, publ. in instalments ("livraisons"). Depicted are i.a. the portes de Louvain, Namur, Hal, Anderlecht, Schaerbeek, Anvers, la Maison des Lépreux, villages of Schaerbeek, Ixelles, le Petit Castel, etc. 20 instalments of 4 pl. each were announced, but only the 1st series of 20 pl. were publ. Ergo our copy is complete, and has the title page of the 5th, and last, instalment. Bound with the 24 text ff. giving historical info on each pl.
Bound with: [De Cloet, J.-J.] - Voyage pittoresque dans le Royaume des Pays-Bas dédié à S.A.I. & R. Madame la Princesse d'Orange. [Brussels, Jobard, 1825]. 55 animated pl. (usual spotting throughout) lithogr. by Jean-Baptiste Madou (1796-1877) a.o., after drawings by general Otto von der Howen (1774-1848) a.o., showing i.a. Porte de Hal, Royal Park, Laken, St. Gilles, Waterloo, Enghien, Namur, Dinant, Han, Coo, Spa. Title page of the "8me" (ms.) instalment. Without text ff.
Ref. Van der Marck, p. 79 & p. 73.
Prov. Vandeputte, Brussels (mod. bookpl.).