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Antique Book, titled: 'Merkwaardigheden uit den Tiendaagschen Veldtogt der Nederlanders in Belgie.', by: J. Olivier, Jz.. ('Notes from the Ten Days' Campaign of the Dutch in Belgium'). The Ten Days' Campaign (Dutch: Tiendaagse Veldtocht, French: Campagne des Dix-Jours) was a failed military expedition by the United Kingdom of the Netherlands against the secessionist Kingdom of Belgium between 2 and 12 August 1831. The campaign was an attempt by the Dutch King William I to halt the course of the Belgian Revolution which had broken out in August 1830. With the 'Aanhangsel' (Additions) in the back.
Artists and Engravers: Author(s): J. Olivier, Jz.. Illustrated by: Haatje Peters Oosterhuis (Tolbert, 1784-1854, Amsterdam) was a Dutch draughtsman and art teacher. His subjects were history and landscapes, as well as winter scenes.
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Subject: Amsterdam: G.J.A. Beijerinck. 8vo: xvi, 312, 34 pp. Half leather. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Gilt decoration and a gilt lettered title ticket to the spine.
Condition: Fair, given age. Rear hinge broken. Front hinge weak but attached. Some scattered foxing, mostly in the margin edges. A piece of the folding map torn and missing (with loss of image and legend). Lacks page 1-2. A bookplate to the front pastedown.
Size (in cm): 8vo: 12 x 18.7 cm.
Size (in inch): 8vo: 4.73 x 7.37 inch.
Medium: Steel engraved portrait of the Prince of Orange, 11 plates with each two images and a folding handcoloured map. The plates mostly after H.P. Oosterhuis. Illustrations by: H.P. Oosterhuis
Location: ZL4b
SKU: TPC 55061.1
Section: ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS
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