Lot 501
Belgium and Nassau; or, the continental Tourist. London ca. 1840.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
501
Category:
Geography and work of views
Belgium and Nassau; or, the continental Tourist. London: Black and Armstrong [ca. 1840]. 23,3 x 15 cm. With a title page featuring a vignette, 2 folded maps and 61 steel-engraved plates with views. 1 folio, 137 pages, 1 unnumbered page. Green half-leather with a gilt title on the spine and Romantic-style spine decoration. Marbled endpapers and edges.
(Spine faded. Edges worn. Some brown spots.)
Alongside maps of Brussels and Frankfurt, there are 18 views – engraved by Roberts, Wikel (after Radcliff), Alsmon and others – from the Rheingau and Hesse-Nassau: these include Frankfurt, Königstein, Nassau, Oberursel, Linz and Andernach, as well as Brussels, Namur, Spa, Antwerp, etc. The views by Roberts, Winkels and others, based on works by Radcliff, Salmon and others.
(Spine faded. Edges worn. Some brown spots.)
Alongside maps of Brussels and Frankfurt, there are 18 views – engraved by Roberts, Wikel (after Radcliff), Alsmon and others – from the Rheingau and Hesse-Nassau: these include Frankfurt, Königstein, Nassau, Oberursel, Linz and Andernach, as well as Brussels, Namur, Spa, Antwerp, etc. The views by Roberts, Winkels and others, based on works by Radcliff, Salmon and others.