[MATHIEU, Adolphe.]
Notice sur Frédéric-Auguste-Ferdinand-Thomass Baron de Reiffenberg ...
Mons, Hoyois, 1850
Small 4to, pp. 40, some light foxing in the margins but a very good and large copy bound polish half calf, c. 1870, and marbled edges, gilt spine with red and green contrasting labels.
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Notice sur Frédéric-Auguste-Ferdinand-Thomass Baron de Reiffenberg ...
Only edition, published in 100 copies by the Société des Bibliophiles Belges. Reifenberg (1795-1850) was the Keeper of the Belgian Royal Library from 1837 until his death in 1850. This obituary was written by his friend the poet Adolphe Mathieu. He gives a bibliography of works written or edited by Reiffenberg as well as his obituary in prose and verse.
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