Laken. Een Huis voor Keizer en Koning

Ypersele de Strihou, Anne en Paul van. Laken. Een Huis voor Keizer en Koning. Brussel: Arcade, 1970. First edition. Large quarto. 360, [6]pp. Original pictorial wrappers over green cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Pictorial endpapers. Printer’s device on title-page. Fascinating work on the history of Laken, the Royal castle of Belgian kings, profusely illustrated with numerous color tipped-in and b/w and color photographic reproductions of paintings, portraits, furniture, views, ornaments, etc… This stunning book is preserved in its original green cloth slipcase. Slight soiling on slipcase. Minor age-toning along edges of wrappers. Text in Dutch, with some French. Slipcase in overall good, wrappers in very good, binding and interior in fine condition. vg. Hardcover. (25198) $85