J.F. Bassompiere, - Les Délices des Pays-Bas - 1769

Jean Baptiste Christyn, The Delights of the Netherlands or Geographical and Historical Description of the 17 Belgian Provinces, Liège, J. Bassompiere, 1769 - Part 1 - 378 pages - half-leather binding - 16.5 x 10.5 cm.

Good. Scoffs and knocks on corners and edges. Gently open. Label on the first flyleaf. Pencil scribbles on the second flyleaf. Signature at the top of the title page. Interior pages discolored, with some spots here and there. Only a small corner defect. Pencil scribbles on the last flyleaf.

Contains the following cards/engravings:
Frontispiece
Map of the Netherlands and Belgium
Map of Brussels
The court of Brussels
City Hall of Brussels
5. Cathedral of St. Gudul in Brussels
Engraving of two praying angels
Altar of the Holy Sacrament of Miracles - small tear within margin.
Map of Leuven
Leuven City Hall
West and south view of the Sint-Pieterkerk in Leuven (The notable Collegiate Church falls to all)
Map of Antwerp
12. Our Lady's Cathedral in Antwerp
City Hall of Antwerp
Large-scale engraving of a statue
15. Sint-Michielsabdij in Antwerp
16. Abdij St. Bernard
Abdij van Tongerlo
18. Kaart van Leeuw

All depicted

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