1. Anonymous [Barrow, John].

A family tour through South Holland; Up the Rhine; And Across the Netherlands, to Ostend.

[London], [Murray], [1831]. Duodecimo. Frontispiece, VIII, 295 pages. With 10 original steel-engravings and with the little fold-out map: “Route of a Tour in South Holland, up the Rhine and through Belgium”. Hardcover / Original half leather with gilt lettering on spine. Good condition in firm binding. Previous owner has cut out the lower part of the frontispiece (image not effected) and also cut out the printer and publishing information on the titlepage. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with the name of a relative (H.L.Conner) to endpaper.

2. Belgium – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Belgium – with Vignettes of Antwerp Cathedral, Monuments on the Plains of Waterloo and the Altar of St Gudule, Brussels.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by J. Marchant and engravings by J.B. Allen. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 34 cm x 26.3 cm. Sheet Size: 27.1 cm x 37.5 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

3. Belgium – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Brussels – With Beautiful Vignettes of Brussels near the Porte D’Anderlecht, Avenue in the Park, Palace Royal, Hotel de Ville, and Church of St Gudule.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by J. Watkins London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 32.5 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.2 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map / city-plan in very good condition.