Sketches in Flanders and Holland; with some account of a Tour through Parts of those Countries, shortly after the Battle of Waterloo; in a Series of Letters to a friend
Hardbound
1816 · London
by Hills, Robert
London: J. Haines and J. Turner, 1816. Hardbound. Interior good with minor age-toning and scattered dampstaining along the lower edge towards the lower spine, one plate affected. Top compartment of spine missing leather, the whole spine is loose front inner hinge is broken, scattered foxing, including a few plates. A very good reading or filler copy. Ex art library copy with bookplate and small label at base of spine. Full calf, old and stained. viii, 215, (1) pp., 36 engraved plates. With 36 fine engraved aquatint plates, one large folding, with views of Brussels, Ghent, Bruges, several of Waterloo, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Haarlem, Leyden, The Hague, Rijswijk, Delft, and Rotterdam, several with 2 or 3 views to one plate. 5 plates (20, 21, 22, 35 and 36) in colors showing costumes, Flemish implements of husbandry, carriages and dilligences. (Description adapted from Antiquariaat Forum BV). This copy is complete and has no sticking pages, but does show the effects of an episode with dampness a long time ago. Still a decent copy of a very rare title. (Inventory #: 117308)