Maurice Gauchez/Henri Cassiers, François-Marie Marchant de Beaumont - Le charme de la Hollande + Beautés de l'histoire de la Hollande - 1825

1. Maurice Gauchez - The charm of Holland, color illustrations by Henri Cassoiers - Paris, L'Édition d'Art H. Piazza, [n.d. 1932] - 137 (4) pp - paper binding with cover, front cover illustration - 20.5 x 15 cm

Good. Barely any creasing on the spine. Spine and interior browned, slight indentation on three pages. Inner margin slightly open between pages 136 and 137.

Contains 16 illustrations inside and outside the text - all depicted

2. François-Marie Marchant de Beaumont - Beautés de l'histoire de la Hollande et des Pays-Bas ou époques historiques les plus mémorables de ce royaume, depuis les Romains jusqu'à ce jour ; with an overview of Mœurs, caractère, usages, industrie, commerce of its inhabitants ; their discoveries in the sciences and the arts ; anecdotes singular of the lives of great men it has produced ; remarks on its curiosities and productions, etc. - Paris, Alexis Eymery, 1825 - 346 pp - half-leather binding - 17 x 10 cm

Good. Top right corner of the cover 1 cm torn. Interior browned, here and there a spot, foxing. Some ex-libris/owners’ marks. A crack, 0.5 cm, in two leaves.

Contains the 6 engravings (including the frontispiece) and an officially bound-in school certificate (ex-praemio) with which pupil A. A. Grondhout in Dordrecht on 29 June 1838 was rewarded by schoolmaster J. C. de Wilde with the third prize of the first class - all depicted.

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