Byloke, Ghent
$875 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
A very fine image from Boys' 'Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen &c': ''a work of exceeding beauty' Abbey and one of the most important in the history of English colour-printing. This striking winterscape shows the hospital and abbey known as Bijloke, a section of Ghent. The hospital was constructed in the 13th century and the abbey added later. This print represents part of what was the first serious challenge to the supremacy in England of the
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