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[Belgium - Netherlands] DE CLOET, Jean-Joseph Voyage pittoresque dans le royaume des Pays-Bas, dédié à S.A.I.&R. Madame La Princesse d'Orange. Brussels, J.B.A. Jobard, 2 vol., obl. 4to: 2 engr. titles, portr. of the Princess of Orange, one fold. map (loose) and engr. pl. (spotting and staining throughout, mostly in the margins, not touching the pl.). Contemp. quarter long grain green calf with corners, marbled paper on covers, gilt orn. flat spines (very sl. rubbed, tail of 2nd vol. repaired), red leather title labels, marbled endpapers. First edition of the text written by J.-J. De Cloet (Bruges 1790-Freyr and first issue of the plates (pl. in duplicate) lithographed a.o. by Jean-Baptiste Madou after the drawings of Otto van der Howen, B. Mary, T. Hubert, A. de Marbaix, etc. featuring city views, monuments, landscapes, castles and so on, in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Complete copy of the 2 lithogr. titles by H.A Kreins, the portrait of the Princess of Orange by Prevost and of the fold. map with borders coloured. Ref. Van der Marck, p. - N. Walch, J.-B. Madou lithographe, 6-Joined: Limbourg, Jean-Philippe-de - Nouveaux amusemens des eaux de Spa, ouvrage instructif et utile à ceux qui vont boire ces eaux minérales sur les lieux. Orné de figures en taille douce. Paris, Liège, F.J. Desoer, 12mo: [14]-398-[pp.; pl. (some min. faint dampstaining at last quires, pl. "Vuë de Chaudfontaine", "Vuë de la Promenade" and "Vue de la Fontaine de Geronstere" missing, text pp. 137-and pp. 275-missing). Contemp. mottled calf (corners sl. rubbed), gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands (spine sl. cracked in the middle, sm. def. at head), red leather title label, marbled endpapers. First edition of a very popular work on the healthy mineral waters at Spa, its baths, social life etc. by J.Ph. de Limbourg (1726-1811), Belgian physician and chemist. Ill. with an engr. title, folding map of Spa and surroundings, and 9 (of folding views (Spa, Géronstère, Tonneler, Watroz, Cascade du Coo, Château de Franchimont, etc.) by A. Leloup. Limbourg not only describes the waters, but also the history of the small village and environs of Spa. With a stocklist at the end. Ref. Body (Bibl. spadoise) - de Theux - Conlon 63:- Gay/Lemonnyer III:- Wellcome III:- Not in Blake, BL. Prov. Baron de Launoit (arm. bookpl.). - Libr. tick. (3 vol.)