Author: Bartier, John; Martens, Mina; Martiny, Victor-Gaston; Brunard, Andree.
Title: The Grand-Place of Brussels: The Heart of a City.
Description: (Brussels-Liege): Editions Desoer, (1967). (1967). - ("Land of Art" series). 4to, tan cloth (bumped; small white stain & tiny dent to rear cover) titled in gilt with vignette stamped in gilt on front cover, in dw (chipped & lightly rubbed; crease & short tears to top edge of rear panel; tear to head of dw spine with small piece out). 199 pp. plus colophon (page edges darkened; crease to front endpaper). Profusely illustrated in sepia, B&W & color, including illustrations from photographs by Jacques Picard, Hermann Weisweiler & Paul Bijtebier. Good.

From the library of Leonard Bernstein [Sotheby Sale 7070, Lot #144].

Translated from the French by B. Bardwell. Series editor Marc Vokaer writes in an introductory note: "The Grand-Place has the same attraction for the traveller passing through Brussels as St. Mark's Square has for the visitor to Venice. Both sites have this characteristic in common: despite the differences in style between the contrasting elements of their buildings a harmonious architectural unity has finally been achieved. It is worth a visit for its art alone. But..for anyone interested in history, its past is a mine of information concerning the origins of Brussels and the life of the city. Good .

Keywords: TRAVEL; HISTORY; BELGIUM; BRUSSELS; GRAND-PLACE; ART; ARCHITECTURE; MINA MARTENS; VICTOR-GASTON MARTINY; ANDREE BRUNARD; JACQUES PICARD; HERMANN WEISWEILER PAUL BIJTEBIER; ILLUSTRATED; MARC VOKAER; MUSIC; COMPOSER; CONDUCTOR; LEONARD BERNSTEIN.

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