![FUND RAISING PROGRAMME [Belgica]- "Grande Fête Vénitienne au Parc de 6 à 11 heurs du soir en faveur de l'expedition de la Belgica. 1897 Jeudi 12 Aout 1897", [1897]](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-02/16/8487463-19-2.jpg&tmp=web300&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000&dt=zoom_image "FUND RAISING PROGRAMME [Belgica]- \"Grande Fête Vénitienne au Parc de 6 à 11 heurs du soir en faveur de l'expedition de la Belgica. 1897 Jeudi 12 Aout 1897\", [1897] Sold for £1,125 inc. premium")
30 Mar 2012
14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge
Polar Sale: Scott and Amundsen Centenary
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Polar Sale: Scott and Amundsen Centenary
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FUND RAISING PROGRAMME
"Grande Fête Vénitienne au Parc de 6 à 11 heurs du soir en faveur de l'expedition de la Belgica. 1897 Jeudi 12 Aout 1897", 4-page programme, programme of events printed in French and Flemish, tinted lithographed pictorial cover by R. Mols depicting "Belgica" at anchor, light vertical crease, small 4to (240 x 188mm.), Antwerp, [printed by] Ratinckx frères, [1897]
Sold for
£1,125
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Programme for a grand fund-raising event (including gymnastic displays, fireworks, a lantern parade, and "explosion de mines") staged just four days before Belgica sailed from Antwerp for the Antarctic.
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