Album Historique de la Ville d'Anvers. Collection de Vues et de Monuments des Temps Passés
Anvers: Imprimerie J.-E. Buschmann, 1868. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1868. Quarto. 126,[2] pp. plus 60 engraved plates. Original three-quarter leather and patterned cloth boards. Ex-lib., with institutional labels on spine and endpapers, occasional institutional inkstamps in contents, not affecting plates. Spine and front board detached, binding heavily worn, text leaves lightly soiled. Plates fine, with the exception of No. 13, which bears a very small stain and a larger one in the margin. Good plus. The scarce collection of exquisite engravings of city views of Antwerp by artist and master etcher and engraver Joseph Linning. While the binding and some contents of this copy show typical library wear, the plates, themselves, have remained unscathed in almost all instances. Good +. Item #z07391
Price: $288.00