[Belgium, Hainaut] Clerck de G.J.D. Dictionnaire illustré des Communes Belges

Hainaut, ca. 1882. 559 numbered and 21 blanco p. Contemp. red hmorocco, gilt spine (w. use of orig. leather), new endpapers. Folio.

Boards w. a few scratches. Extensive, alphabetically arranged encyclopedia of Hainaut (Belgium) towns and villages illustrated with some 150 pasted-in drawings or prints (maps, views, epitaphs, portraits of historical figures or historical scenery) and some 180 pen drawings (coats of arms), many of these in fine handcolouring. A detailed manuscript copy of the province Hainaut through the ages.