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Art - Low Countries] - DESCAMPS, Jean-Baptiste - Methode curieux (!) et facile pour la connoissance des tableaux et sculptures (...) pour la Flandre et Brabant, & la vie des plusieurs peintres flamands, Rubens, Van Dyck, de Crayer, & plusieurs autres. Amsterdam, Brussels, J. Moris, 1772, 8vo, cont. mottled calf (sl. rubbed), gilt spine, red leather title label, marbl. edges, marbled endpapers, [2]-405-[11] pp. (paper age-toned, minor staining). Good copy.
Very rare variant title issue of Descamps’ famous “Voyage pittoresques de la Flandre et du Brabant avec des reflexions relativement aux arts”. It describes paintings in churches and public places in Flanders and Brabant, incl. Lille, Tournai, Aalst, Brussels, Louvain, Mechelen, Lier, Antwerp, Ghent, Kortrijk, Ypres, Bruges, Dunkirk etc. Title in red & black. Ref. Opac KBR (1). Cp. STCV 12918409 and STCN 315108029 (issue with name of Descamps and “Voyage” title).