SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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CLAASSEN, Ferdinand.
Souvenir d’Ostende.

. This work shows views in the Cercle Ostend-Brussells-Blankenberghe, and the topographical plates include seaside and bathing scenes.

Published
Brussels: [ca. 1860].
References
Not in Abbey or the usual biographies; Bobins 996.
Plates
19
Binding/Size
M=4to
Value
0-5000
Published
Brussels: [ca. 1860].
Ref
5268

FIRST EDITION. 4to, lithographed title with a general view of the town, 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates finished by hand and heightened with gum arabic depicting the town, one plate folding, these after Canelle, eight lithographed costume plates, original red ribbed cloth, embossed and gilded, gilt edges Coloured plates in order: Ostende. 1. Vue Generale de la Ville (folding). 2-3. Les Baigneurs. 4. Vue de l'Ancien Phare. 5. Vue des Bassins. 6. Marche aux Fruits. 7. Vue de la Station. 8. Place de l'Hotel de Ville. 9. Vue de Kursaal. 10. Mariakerke. 11. Le Bain. 12. Monument de sa Majeste La Reine des Belges. 13. L'Estacade. Ostende & Blankenberge. 14. Ostendaise. 15. Laitiere. 16. Costume de Baigneur. 17. Dame et sa Baigneuse. 18. Conducteur des Voitures Baignoires. 19. Baigneur.