Bruxelles sous Leopold Ier: 25 ans de cartes porcelaine 1840-1865
Hardcover
1979 · Brussels, Belgium
by Renoy, Georges
Brussels, Belgium: Credit Communal de Belgique, 1979. Hardcover. G+ (Label & few marks from previous gallery owner; slight soiling and tanning to dj; pages are beginning to tan in margins; text and illus. are clear.). White cloth, gilt decoration on spine, gilt letters on front cover, white & color illus. dust jacket, 192 pp., profusely illus., mostly in BW. Text is in French. Offers views of Brussels from the years during King Leopold I's reign, 1840-1865, through the vantage point of lithographs and engravings. Many show public buildings and businesses and people of the day. Any fan of 19th-century lithography will love browsing through these pages. (Inventory #: 140593)