STAMPE & VERTONGEN ( aerial photography ) - Antwerp Port Authority ( editor ) :
Reference : 43261
"2. Antwerpen, Stadsbestuur, s.d. ( 1931), in-4°, oblong format, 22,5 x 30 cm. ca. 64 nn pp with 24 full page aerial views of the port of Antwerp, bi-lingual captions printed on the opposite page. Bound in blue publisher's cloth with silver lettering and decoration on front cover. Some slight discoloring of binding but a fine copy. Early example of aerial photography for commercial use. Apart from their aerial photography activity the S.&V. company also had a flying school. They produced the only Belgian aeroplane which gained an international reknown ; the SV4. , a trainer biplane of which a total of over 900 were built."