Author: Octave Delepierre
Title: Album Pittoresque de Bruges, Ou, Collection Des Plus Belles Vues Et Des Principaux Monuments de Cette Ville
Description: Bruges, Chez Buffa, 1837. Leather. An extremely scarce, richly illustrated description of Bruges, bound in contemporary leather with plates by A. Tessaro. Written by Joseph Octave Delepierre, a Belgian antiquary and author who served as archivist of West Flanders, Bruges. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, as well as consul-general for Belgium in London.The first edition of this very scarce work.In the French language.Illustrated with thirty-two plates. A beautifully illustrated first edition. In the original full calf binding; lacking the backstrip. Externally rather worn; the boards are loose and heavily rubbed to the extremities and boards, with the occasional tape failed tape repair. Front endpaper and blank are loose but present, as are the first leaves up to page 6. Binding is generally firm, bar the loose leaves; rear hinge is also rather strained. Pages are a little spotted. Poor . Ill.: A. Tessaro. Poor .
Keywords: Bruges History of Bruges A. Tessaro Octave Delepierre History of Bruges A. Tessaro
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Title: Album Pittoresque de Bruges, Ou, Collection Des Plus Belles Vues Et Des Principaux Monuments de Cette Ville
Description: Bruges, Chez Buffa, 1837. Leather. An extremely scarce, richly illustrated description of Bruges, bound in contemporary leather with plates by A. Tessaro. Written by Joseph Octave Delepierre, a Belgian antiquary and author who served as archivist of West Flanders, Bruges. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, as well as consul-general for Belgium in London.The first edition of this very scarce work.In the French language.Illustrated with thirty-two plates. A beautifully illustrated first edition. In the original full calf binding; lacking the backstrip. Externally rather worn; the boards are loose and heavily rubbed to the extremities and boards, with the occasional tape failed tape repair. Front endpaper and blank are loose but present, as are the first leaves up to page 6. Binding is generally firm, bar the loose leaves; rear hinge is also rather strained. Pages are a little spotted. Poor . Ill.: A. Tessaro. Poor .
Keywords: Bruges History of Bruges A. Tessaro Octave Delepierre History of Bruges A. Tessaro
Price: GBP 275.00 = appr. US$ 392.70 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 790R43
- Book number: 790R43
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