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LEMONNIER, Camille.- La Belgique. Ouvrage contenant 323 gravures sur bois et une carte. Paris, Hache
Currency:EUR
Category:Everything Else / Other
Start Price:NA
Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 EUR
NOT SOLD (BIDDING OVER)
0.00EUR+ applicable fees & taxes.
This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2002 Jun 08 @ 05:30UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
LEMONNIER, Camille.- La Belgique. Ouvrage contenant 323 gravures sur bois et une carte. Paris, Hachette, 1888. Gr. in-4°. Reliure décorée d'édition par Charles Magnier et ses fils : demi-chagrin rouge, plats de percaline rouge, noir et or à plaque allégorique gaufrée, tranches dorées. Sous étui (postérieur). Edition originale. Bel ouvrage illustré de très nombreuses gravures sur bois ou acier, in texto ou à pleine page, faisant revivre une Belgique à jamais disparue : blanchisserie d'Alost, musico d'Anvers regorgeant "de marins déhanchés en des bourrées frénétiques, au miaulement des orgues de Barbarie" (p. 167), cafés de Bruxelles ("les soirées passées à boire de la bière en pipant et en jouant aux cartes ou aux dominos sont une habitude si régulière de la vie bruxelloise qu'aucun événement n'en peut distraire ceux qui l'ont contractée" (p. 47), etc.Beau cartonnage en excellente condition de cet ouvrage qui s'abonnit avec les années. 200 Euros
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