Author: Bumpus, T Francis
Title: The Cathedrals And Churches Of Belgium
Description: T Werner Laurie, 1928, 2nd edition, revised. Cloth, dj, VG/VG. xvi+301pp, endpaper map, colour frontis & 3 colour plates after paintings by A Forestier, 16 b/w plates, index, spine darkened, preliminary pages ( up to the preface ) & the fore edges slightly foxed, corners of the dustjacket a little rubbed, cloth bright, a nice copy. Hardback with dustjacket. ¶ A good general survey of the Cathedrals & major Churches of Belgium. The book was however originally written by Bumpus in 1908, so many of the buildings described were completely destroyed ( and subsequently rebuilt ) during the First World War.

Keywords: architecture, ecclesiology, churches, cathedrals, belgium, world war one, first world war