Catalogue Des Livres, Estampes, Et Planches Graveés.
Bruxelles, J. Ermens [1781].
8vo (172 x 101 mm.). [iix], xviii, [452]p..
Pastiche half-calf and marbled paper boards, spine gilt, yellow edges.
“Splendid…one of the richest cabinets…of prints, copperplates and other monuments of art” (Guigard, tr.). The duke collected broadly — natural history to music, scientific instruments to liturgical manuscripts (Turkish, Church Slavonic…). Long governor of the Austrian Netherlands, Charles fostered the arts. A good copy, some lower edges uncut.
¶Guigard, Nouvel armorial du bibliophile I: 62-3; Lugt, Répertoire des catalogues des ventes 3293.
Price: $1,950.00
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