Le Roi Albert et son temps. - Du goût et des ... Lot n° 138

[COLLECTIVE]. King Albert and his time. A series of studies exposing the various activities of Belgium and its King combined with the intervention of Mr. Jules Destrée. Antwerp, J.-E. Buschmann - M. de Behogne, MCMXXXII. 43 x 31,5 cm, [16]-3-[1]-357-[1] p., pl. ff. in ff. 1/700 numbered copies on Lafuma white vellum from Navarre paper mills, without the black suite announced in the justification. Autographs signed by the editors (three Buschmann signatures) and one unidentified. Texts of Henri Pirenne, Pierre Daye, Marguerite Devigne, Raoul van Overstraete, Louis Frank, Jules Destrée, Carton de Wiart, Emile Vandervelde, Paul Hymans, Ernest Mahaim, Emile Francqui, Frans van Cauwelaert, Georges Barnich, Henri Jaspar, Adrien Bayet, Fr.-L. Ganshof, J. Servais, Franz Hellens, Herman Teirlinck, Karel van de Woestyne, Louis Piérard, Richard Dupierreux, Henri van de Velde, Georges Systermans. Portrait of the king by G. van de Woestyne. Ornamentation by Ermengem. Several tears to the cover due to the weight of the ff., generally good interior condition. With : [COLLECTIVE]. Of taste and colors. Antwerp, V. van Dieren & Co, MCMXLII [1942]. Paperback, ed. print cover (spine neatly detached). "Suite de propos sur quelques industries d'art et de qualité, ornée de onze bois originaux de Nellu Degouy". 1/500 numbered copies on Mousmé paper. Small tear near the upper cover otherwise good condition. Set. 2 vols.