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Louvain en Ruine 1914 . Photography album with 36 original photographs.
10. S.l. ( Leuven ), s.d. (1914) , photography album, oblong in-4°, 25 x 33,5 cm, containg 36 original photographs tipped on to 18 album leaves, photo size 125 x 175 mm, with printed captions in French tipped on to the album leaves. The album tied together with a silk ribbon. The tile printed in gilt on the front cover. The front cover slightly soiled, the gilt title faded, interior fine. The pictures give a vivid illustrations of the ruins left behind by the German army after entering the town in August 1914. One of the pictures shows the university library of which only some outer walls are still standing. The historical library of the oldest university of the Low Countries was competely destroyed.
