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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT

K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
Lot 187

DE BAST (MARTIN-JEAN)
Recueil d'antiquités romaines et gauloises, trouvées dans la Flandre proprement dite, avec désignation des lieux ou elles ont été découvertes, Ghent, A.B. Steven, 1808

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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DE BAST (MARTIN-JEAN)

Recueil d'antiquités romaines et gauloises, trouvées dans la Flandre proprement dite, avec désignation des lieux ou elles ont été découvertes, 20 engraved plates, blue marbled endpapers, contemporary ?French full red morocco gilt, g.e., sides tooled with 3 panel crossed by wavy lines with central lozenge and festooned urn, flat spine in 5 compartments (one with green morocco lettering label, others tooled with urn, acorn, stars and other decorative devices), 3 very small holes on upper joint, foot of spine slightly creased but otherwise very fresh, large 4to (280 x 220mm.), Ghent, A.B. Steven, 1808

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Provenance: F.J. Pesch, small ink stamp on blank verso of title.

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