1916 Vanished Towers and Chimes Of Flanders

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Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, pictorial title page, and twenty-nine plates, many of which are in full colour. Collated complete. A commemoration of the lost Flemish architecture of the First World War, with images of Porte de Bruxelles, The Belfry, Arcade of Cloth Hall, the museum, the cathedral, and much more. With descriptions of the buildings and areas, as well as information on the battles which destroyed them. Written and illustrated by George Wharton Edwards, an American impressionist painter and illustrator.