Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - RARE -VASSE (Jacques-Abraham-Antoine, 1800-1859).Souvenir de Beloeil, dédié à son Altesse Sérénissime la Princesse de Ligne, née Princesse Lubomirska. (Brussels): Deltombe, 1853. First (only) edition. Oblong folio. Half-title, title, dedication page, introduction page, 17pp, followed by 12 full-page lithographed plates by Gerlier and others after drawings mainly by Vasse, each with tissue guard. Unbound and now preserved in a 20th green cloth drop-back box, roan labels with gilt lettering. Size: oblong 4to - (pages) 53cm x 36cm / (box) 55.5cm x 38.5cm x 3.5cm.Very Good condition. Small stain at foot of title. Pages unstitched. Occasional light foxing. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.The plates depict one of the finest Belgian gardens designed in the French classical style in the early to mid 19th century. Only 150 copies were printed. Ganay 249; Van der Marck p.191. key words:
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Binding: Hardback
Place of Publication: Brussels
Non-Fiction Subject: Gardening
Language: French
Author: VASSE (Jacques-Abraham-Antoine, 1800-1859).
Region: Europe
Original/Reproduction: Original
Publisher: Deltombe
Country/Region of Manufacture: Belgium
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1853
