>Beau livres anciens et modernes, reliures, manuscrits, autographes et dessins [other title:] Belgicana : Bibliothèque Charles vander Elst (1904-1982) (catalogue for an auction conducted by Galerie Simonson with the expertise of Eric Speeckaert, Brussels, 15 May 1993)
Galerie Simonson (Brussels)
Beau livres anciens et modernes, reliures, manuscrits, autographes et dessins [other title:] Belgicana : Bibliothèque Charles vander Elst (1904-1982) (catalogue for an auction conducted by Galerie Simonson with the expertise of Eric Speeckaert, Brussels, 15 May 1993)
Brussels, Galerie Simonson, 1993
(28 cm), [106] pp., illustrations (some in colour). 325 lots. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - The Van der Elst books (lots 1-65) are followed by books from the libraries of J.B. Theodore de Jonghe (1801-1860), Vicomte Theodore de Jonghe d’Ardoye (1874-1965), and other collectors. Previous sales of Van der Elst books were held in Monaco, 13 May 1985; Paris, 15 October 1985, 20 May and 16 September 1988. Cf. M. Wittock, “Spéculation ou bibliophilie? Quelques réflexions a propos de la dispersion de la bibliothèque d’un président [de la Société Royale des Bibliophiles et iconophiles de Belgique]” in Le Livre et l’Estampe, no. 123 (1985), pp.159-174. ¶ Half of one leaf clipped (loss of entries for lots 222-224).