Author: VANDERMAELEN Philippe ( ) :
Title: Dictionnaire des Hommes de Lettres , des savans et des artistes de la Belgique ; présentant l'énumération de leurs principaux ouvrages ; suivi de la description des principales collections qui renferme L'Établissement Géographique de Bruxelles.
Description: 6. Bruxelles, Établissement Géographique de Bruxelles, 1837, in-8°, iv pp + 264 pp +6 pp (publisher's catalogue), with index. Bound in contemporary green half leather, smooth gilt spine, marbled endpapers, some pages slightly browned or stained but a good copy. Text in French. Texte en français. Biographical dictionary of Belgian scientists and artists. At the end the author gives a detailed description of his publishing house with a catalogue of his map collection. The author was the most important cartographer and map publisher in 19th-century Belgium. .

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