Belgium the Glorious. Her country and her people. The story of a brave nation and a pictorial and authoritative record of a fair country ruthlessly plundered and destroyed [ed.] Walter Hutchinson. c. 1915 Hutchinson, 2 vols, lge 4to, cont. gilt red...
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80 / 100
Adjudication :
100 €
Description
half morocco (sl. rubbed and tanned), richly gilt spine, red sp. edges, [8]-xix-[1]-820 pp. Good copy.
Extensive survey of Belgium 1900-1914, with 1171 illustrations, 18 coloured plates and 13 maps. We join : King Albert’s book. A tribute to the Belgian King and people from representative men and women throughout the world. [London], The Daily Telegraph, [1914], lge 4to, cont. decorated cloth (soiled), 187-[1] pp., ills, music. Good copy. “Sold for the benefit of the Daily Telegraph Belgian Fund”. Contributions by i.a. H. Bergson, Sarah Bernardt, A. Carnegie, W. Churchill, L. Couperus, Cl. Debussy, F. van Eeden, Th. Hardy, R. Kipling, M. Maeterlinck, R. Rolland, C. Saint-Saëns, E. Verhaeren etc. (3 vols)
Extensive survey of Belgium 1900-1914, with 1171 illustrations, 18 coloured plates and 13 maps. We join : King Albert’s book. A tribute to the Belgian King and people from representative men and women throughout the world. [London], The Daily Telegraph, [1914], lge 4to, cont. decorated cloth (soiled), 187-[1] pp., ills, music. Good copy. “Sold for the benefit of the Daily Telegraph Belgian Fund”. Contributions by i.a. H. Bergson, Sarah Bernardt, A. Carnegie, W. Churchill, L. Couperus, Cl. Debussy, F. van Eeden, Th. Hardy, R. Kipling, M. Maeterlinck, R. Rolland, C. Saint-Saëns, E. Verhaeren etc. (3 vols)
