Gand ( Gent ), Imprimerie De Busscher, frères à Gand, 1852, in-8°, 25,5 x 17,5 cm, (12) nn pp + 205 pp + 80 black/white lithographic costume plates (including the frontispiece). Sewn, orig. printed wrapper, wrapper a bit frayed, spine re-inforced with a strip of adhesive imitiation leather, inside a clean copy. Text in French. Félix de Vigne (1806-1862) painter and writer (in Dutch and French) was the designer of the costumes of this pageant organised in Ghendt in 1849 and which evoked the Middle Ages in Flanders , the Counts of Flanders. The artist , himself a history painter, was one of the first during this neogothic revival to strive for historical correctness. He also published a well illustrated manual on historical, mainly mediaeval, costume and weaponry to instruct his fellow history painters in the art of history painting..
Reference : 44439
Antiquariaat Wim de Goeij
M. Wim de Goeij
Max Temmermanlaan 15 - Postbox 39
2920 Kalmthout
Belgium
0032 496 381 439
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10. Gand ( Gent ), Imprimerie De Busscher, frères à Gand, 1852, in-8°, 25,5 x 17,5 cm, (12) nn pp + 205 pp + 80 handcoloured lithographic costume plates (including the frontispiece). Bound in contemporary full green porocco, Both covers with gilt decoration and a coat of arms supra libro. All edges gilt. White watery silk endpapers. Very nice binding with minimal traces of use ( binding signed F. Thys - a Ghendt binder active 1850 - 1877). Text in French. Félix de Vigne (1806-1862) painter and writer (in Dutch and French) was the designer of the costumes of this pageant organised in Ghendt in 1849 and which evoked the Middle Ages in Flanders , the Counts of Flanders. The artist , himself a history painter, was one of the first during this neogothic revival to strive for historical correctness. He also published a well illustrated manual on historical, mainly mediaeval, costume and weaponry to instruct his fellow history painters in the art of history painting. A very nice '' de luxe'' copy , handcolored and in an attractive binding..