De Nederlanden. Karakterschetsen, kleederdragten, houding en voorkomen van verschillende standen. Tekst van de meest geachte schrijvers, met gravuren van den heer Henry Brown, naar teekeningen van de voornaamste nederlandsche kunstenaren.

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s Gravenhage; Nederlandsche maatschappij van schoone kunsten, 1841. First edition. Folio. 28x18,5 cm. (2, 2 blanks), 168 pp. + 42 wood engraved plates. Contemporary half leather with gilt decorations on spine, marbled boards and endpapers. Head of spine and corners are worn, the spine is slighty worn along the joints, and edges of the boards are a bit worn. Around a fifth of the text leaves and the plates are slightly foxed in margins. An attractive copy. The British artist Henry Brown (1816-1870) lived in The Netherlands for many years, and was for instance head of the Royal School of Engraving in The Hague. The present work contains texts by H. Tollens, J. van Lennep, S.J. van den Bergh, J. Kneppelhout and others. The engravings were made by, among others Brown and Ten Kate. They display different Dutch types, professions and sports. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 21709

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