[Rarebooks] FS: Descamps' "Voyage Pittoresque de la Flandre et du Brabant" Paris: 1769

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Descamps, Jean-Baptiste. VOYAGE PITTORESQUE DE LA FLANDRE ET DU BRABANT, avec des Reflexions Relativement aux Arts & Quelques Gravures. Paris: Desaint et al. 1769. xxii,328,(12)pp. Index. Title printed in red & black, with a woodcut decoration. Illustrated with a copper engraved headpiece, five copper engraved plates and a copper engraved folding map. Cont. mottled calf, gilt spine quite rubbed, hinges cracked but cords holding nicely. Gilt embossed device oh Holland House on front cover, and the Holland House bookplate on front pastedown. Inked inscription at top of title reads, "Lady Holland's Sitting Room." Hole on half-title where a previous owner's name (?) was cut out. Clipping promoting the bookseller Alexandre Jombert on verso of a preliminary blank.	$250.00 (trade discount allowed)


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