Précis historique de la Société royale des beaux-arts et de littérature de Gand, 1808 à 1845
A historical account published in Ghent in 1845 by Edmond de Busscher, recording the activities of the Royal Society of Fine Arts and Literature from 1808 to 1845, written for its members and readers of Belgian art. The pictures are decorative historiated initials, each a large letter framed by flourishing acanthus scrolls, rose sprays, vines and leaves, with French body text running beside them, offering a designer ready-made models for ornamental capitals and foliate borders.
