- Lot 446

Lot n° 446
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- Lot 446
[MENUS] [MONARCHY & BANQUETS ]- Lot of 14 banquet menus in honor of King Leopold I and/or members of the royal family. Ghent, L. Hebbelynck; Arlon, J. Bourger; Antwerp, S. Mayer; Brussels, Simonau & Toovey, Bols-Wittouck; etc., 1849-1868. Various formats, mostly lithographed on porcelain board, 1 doc. on silk, in two- or three-color process. Few faint stains. Very good condition. Superb set of richly decorated and embellished menus. The feasts are offered a.o. by the cities of Ghent, Arlon, Mechelen (decoration signed Celeste Wauters), Mons, Ypres, the province of East Flanders (signed Emile De Rudder), the Royal Belgian Yacht-Club, the officers of the Civic Guard (corps of St. Josse and Schaerbeek, of Mechelen), on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the inauguration of Leopold I, his birthday, the launching of the ship "Leopold I" at Baesrode (for Princes Leopold, Duke of Brabant, and Philippe, Count of Flanders), the Duke of Brabant's majority, etc. Two menus are accompanied by a chromolithographed card with the musical program of the banquet (2 doc.). Also includes: 1 original pencil drawing for a menu design, undated, unsigned, decorated with the city hall of Mechelen and the coat of arms of Belgium. ATTACHED 2 menus from 1970, stamped by the Club des gastronomes: 1. Gala dinner for the 40th anniversary of the Great Catholic Conferences, in the presence of Prince Albert. Brussels, Marci, 1970. In-4°, 4 pp. under cover, illustrated with an engraved wood. - 2 "Royal flight. Brussels-Kinshasa, June 17, 1970. 3 pp. under cover with an old engraving (view of Dinant). TOGETHER 19 DOCUMENTS.
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