The Netherlands ... a Study of Some Aspects of Art, Costume and Social Life ( One of Batsford Books on Foreign Countries )

Bookseller

Nessa Books (CA)

Bookseller's Inventory #

000866

Title

The Netherlands ... a Study of Some Aspects of Art, Costume and Social Life ( One of Batsford Books on Foreign Countries )

Author

Sitwell, Sacheverell ...jacket Illustration By Pieter Schenk

Illustrator

Schenk, Pieter (1645-1715)

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Very Good Plus

Jacket Condition

Very Good

Edition

First Thus

Publisher

B. T. Batsford Ltd.

Place of Publication

London

Keywords

...Orange cloth with gilt on spine, decorated endpapers being "a view of the gardens at Enghien, Flanders, by Romeyn de Hooghe from a handcoloured engraving in the Map Room of the British Museum." No date or edition assumed "First Thus&quo

Bookseller catalogs

Non-Fiction; The Netherlands; Reference;

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