SMITS, Jakob Collection d'eau-fortes [...]. Avec préface de Georges Eekhoud. S.l., [J. Smits, Folio: 10-[pp.; pl. Text sewn, pl. loose, under publisher's pigskin slipcase (rubbed, sl. soiling, some scratches, but complete with its closing straps). Nice copy. First edition dedicated to Elisabeth, Queen of the Belgians. Unknown print-run, n. 9 signed by the artist. The etchings by J. Smits (1856-1928), showing charming scenes from everyday life in the Kempen, are all signed in black ink by the artist. Prov. Baron Édouard Empain (1852-1929), wealthy Belgian engineer, financier and industrialist, involved in railway and tramway construction in Belgium, France for the Paris Metro, Egypt, and Congo (nominative copy). - Mme Debaisieux (business card with ms. mention "En souvenir de son cher parrain").
SMITS, Jakob Collection d'eau-fortes [...]. Avec préface de Georges Eekhoud. S.l., [J. Smits, Folio: 10-[pp.; pl. Text sewn, pl. loose, under publisher's pigskin slipcase (rubbed, sl. soiling, some scratches, but complete with its closing straps). Nice copy. First edition dedicated to Elisabeth, Queen of the Belgians. Unknown print-run, n. 9 signed by the artist. The etchings by J. Smits (1856-1928), showing charming scenes from everyday life in the Kempen, are all signed in black ink by the artist. Prov. Baron Édouard Empain (1852-1929), wealthy Belgian engineer, financier and industrialist, involved in railway and tramway construction in Belgium, France for the Paris Metro, Egypt, and Congo (nominative copy). - Mme Debaisieux (business card with ms. mention "En souvenir de son cher parrain").
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