An impressive example of an A. & C. Black’s illustrated travel book. Employing the local color palette of grays, browns, and blacks, with notes of red and blue in costumes and skies, Forestier achieves great atmospheric renderings of this historic area. The quality of austerity is highlighted by glimpses of colorful stained glass windows and verdant meadows. Sir Amedee Forestier was an Anglo-French artist and illustrator who specialized in historical scenes, and landscapes. His paintings are notable for their attention to detail.

First Edition. With 20 distinguished colour plates by Amedee Forestier. 8vo, publisher's original red cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in black and orange on the upper cover and spine.


1. Front Cover
10. Entrance to the Old Church of the Carmelites, Brussels
11. The Cathedral of Ste. Gudule, Brussels
12. Old Houses in the Grande Place, Brussels
13. Rue de Namur, Brussels
14. The Farm of La Belle Alliance, and the Mound surmounted by the Belgian Lion, Waterloo
15. The Cathedral Chapel of St. Joseph, Antwerp
16. The Vieille Boucherie, Antwerp
17. Old Houses in the Rue de l'Empereur, Antwerp
18. Archway under the Vieille Boucherie, Antwerp
19. The Concierge of the Musee Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp
2. Title Page
20. The Place Verte, Antwerp
21. The Musee Plantin-Moretus (The Arriere Boutique), Antwerp
22. The Roadstead from the Tete de Flandre, Antwerp
23. Back Cover
3. The Hotel de Ville : A Corner of the Grande Place (showing La Maison des Brasseurs, La Maison du Cygne, and La Maison de l'Etoile), Brussels
4. An Old Lace-Maker, Ghent
5. The Banquet Hall, Chateau des Comtes, Ghent
6. Beguinage de Mont St. Amand, Ghent
7. The Arriere Faucille (Achter Sikkel), Ghent
8. The Ruins of the Cloisters of the Abbey of St. Bavon, Ghent
9. Place de Brouckere, Brussels