SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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MADOU, Jean Baptiste.
Souvenirs de Bruxelles.

Jean-Baptiste Madou was a painter and lithographer who gained fame both in his native Belgium and abroad in Europe during his career, which spanned from 1813 until his death in 1877. He is best known for his watercolor and oil genre paintings depicting scenes of everyday life in Belgium.

Published
[Brussels]: Dero-Becker, [1827].
References
Not in Abbey; Bobins supplementary list 08/14.
Plates
13
Binding/Size
M=4to
Value
0-5000
Published
[Brussels]: Dero-Becker, [1827].
Ref
5302

Oblong folio (10 x 14.5 inches) black calf-covered boards covered with blue paper. 12 colour lithographed plates, title vignette, lettered direct in gilt to upper boards. Boards rubbed and worn. Plates browned and foxed. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title vignette. 2. Promenade aux Etangs en Janvier. 3. Estaminet. 4. Fete populaire au bois de Foret. 5. Allee Verte. 6. Course de chevaux dans la plaine de Mon-Plaisir. 7. Foire du mois d'octobre. 8. Manneken-Pis. 9. Bal Masque. 10. Salon d'exposition. 11. Course aux Traineaux. 12. Promenade au Parc. 13. Tir d'Arc (Au Chien Vers).