Author: [MAASKAMP, Evert].
Title: Reis door België in het jaar 1814.Amsterdam, Evert Maaskamp; Brussels, P.J. de Mat, 1815. 8vo. With a lithographed title-page, 3 folding engraved plates (1 hand coloured in outline), 3 aquatint plates printed in sepia, 2 engraved plates printed in sepia (1 double-page) and 2 hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary half tanned sheepskin.
Description: XX, 200, [2 blank], [10] pp.Rare first edition of an illustrated travel guide to Belgium, written in the form of ten letters. It contains descriptions of the provinces and its main cities, customs, climate, industry, agriculture, etc. Included are a map of Belgium, a city map of Antwerp and a city map of Brussels, the latter with an extensive key to features indicated in the map. The two hand-coloured engraved plates depict Belgian women in traditional costumes; the aquatint plates include a view of Antwerp, the castle at Laken, and a view of Brussels; and the other plates show the theatre at Lille (Rijssel) and a ground plan of the park at Brussels (double-page). Included at the end are 10 pages listing other titles published by Evert Maaskamp.Small tear along the fold of the folding map of Belgium, minor stain on the title-page, stain on page 7 and the back of the facing plate. Binding rubbed, head and foot of spine slightly damaged. Overall in good condition.l Landwehr, Coloured plates 407; Saalmink, p. 2089; Tiele, Bibl. 708.

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