Commons:British Library/Mechanical Curator collection/Synoptic index/Low Countries
Overview
editThese pages contain a subject and place index (still under construction!) to the books scanned to create the British Library's Mechanical Curator collection of images.
Each entry in the index points to the images on Flickr which match the tag for the book. Additionally, when there are images from a book that have been copied over to Commons, this is shown with a green clickable (Book cat) link, which links to the relevant Commons category for the book.
A full list of the titles of the books that were scanned for the collection is also available, at
and succeeding pages, which may help browsing what is available.
The index is not (yet) complete. As of January 22, 2014 the titles in the detailed part of the index below accounted for about 40% of the images in the whole collection. A further 35% of images can be found through a more loosely organised set of "to do" pages constructed based on the books' class-marks, while a further 20% of images occur in books which are classed below as fiction, plays, verse or works. The focus of the indexing so far has been mostly geographical, with little development as yet of thematic classification.
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Low Countries
edit- See also: ./to do/Low Countries and ./to do/Low Countries history
- Observations made during a Tour in 1816 and 1817, through that part of the Netherlands which comprises Ostend, Bruges, Ghent, Brussels, Malines, and Antwerp; With remarks on the works of art in carving, painting, and sculpture, and enquiries into the present state of agriculture, political economy, literature, the arts and laws, government and religion ... Original anecdotes relative to the Battle of Waterloo, etc (1818; 4 images, 3 plates; no maps)
- Gezigten in Holland en Belgie, naar teckeningen op de plaats zelve vervaardigd, door W. H. Bartlett. Met historische en plaatselijke beschrijving van N. G. van K (1837; 62 images, 62 plates; no maps)
- Voyage pittoresque en Hollande et en Belgique, ... Illustrations de MM. Rouargue, frères (1856; 26 images, 23 plates; no maps)
- La Belgique et les Pays-Bas avant et pendant la domination romaine. ... Avec cartes ... et gravures. (tom. 3 publié par C. Piot.) (1858; 30 images, 4 plates; 12 maps to georef ); 1877 edition (29 images, 3 plates; 12 maps to georef )
Two Friends in Holland and Belgium (1883; 23 images; no maps)Decorative fillers- On Dutch Waterways. The cruise of the S.S. Atalanta on the rivers & canals of Holland & the North of Belgium (1887; 68 images, 18 plates; no maps)
Belgium
edit- Merkwaardigheden uit den Tiendaagschen Veldtogt der Nederlanders in België. (Aanhangsel.) Met portret en platen (1834; 28 images, 2 plates; 2 maps)
- La Belgique militaire, par quelques Officiers de l'Armée. With plates, including portraits and maps. (1835; 100 images, 85 plates; 15 maps to georef )
- Geschiedenis van België ... Versierd met 200 houtsneden, etc (1845; 212 images, 84 plates; no maps)
- Révolution belge. La Belgique depuis mil huit cent trente, 1830-1848, etc. With plates. (1848; 18 images, 18 plates; no maps); 1852 edition (18 images, 18 plates; no maps)
- Histoire des Communes Belges (1851; 127 images, 41 plates; no maps)
- Histoire de la Belgique ... Troisième edition, entièrement refondue et ... augmentée, etc (1853; 264 images, 106 plates; 6 maps)
- Récits historiques belges (1855; 52 images, 37 plates; no maps)
- La Belgique illustrée, ses monuments, ses paysages, ses œuvres d'art. Publiée sous la direction de M. E. van Bemmel. 500 gravures ... par les premiers artistes, cartes, etc (1878; 686 images, 517 plates; 14 maps to georef )
- (Book cat) Geïllustreerde geschiedenis van België (1885; 300 images, 251 plates; 2 maps to georef )
- La Belgique ... Ouvrage contenant 323 gravures sur bois, etc (1888; 331 images, 310 plates;)
- The Land of Rubens. A companion for visitors to Belgium ... Translated from the Dutch ... by A. D. Vandam (1888; 21 images, 1 plate; no maps)
- Joseph II. et la révolution brabançonne. Étude historique (1890; 16 images, 1 plate; no maps); 1891 edition (1891; 18 images, 1 plate; no maps) [1788]
- Histoire de Belgique depuis les temps primitits jusqu'à nos jours. With coloured illustrations. (1895; 487 images, 148 plates; 7 maps to georef )
- Dictionnaire encyclopédique de géographie historique du royaume de Belgique. Description de ses neuf provinces et de ses 2,603 communes ... Avec la collaboration pour la partie militaire de M. le Baron El. de Heusch ... Illustrée, etc (1895; 511 images, 45 plates; 56 maps to georef )
- Histoire de l'école cartographique belge et anversoise du XVIe siècle. With 15 plates. (1895; 24 images, 20 plates; 5 maps to georef )
– Brussels
edit- Histoire de la ville de Bruxelles (1845; 76 images, 72 plates; 4 maps to georef )
- Histoire des Environs de Bruxelles, ou description historique des localités qui formaient autrefois l'ammannie de cette ville par A. W. ... Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire de Bruxelles par A. Henne et A. W. (Table Alphabetique) (1851; 114 images, 10 plates; no maps)
- Bruxelles à travers les àges. (Troisième volume ... par H. Hymans, P. Hymans.) (1882; 1025 images, 835 plates; 14 maps to georef )
- Les Environs de Bruxelles. Nombreuses illustrations-compositions inédites de H. Cassiers et A. Ronner, etc (1884; 44 images, 42 plates; no maps)
– Antwerp
edit- Geschiedenis van Antwerpen sedert de stichting der stad tot onze tyden. Uitgegeven door de Rederykkamer de Olyftak. Bewerkt door F. H. Mertens en K. L. Torfs (1845; 211 images, 96 plates; 15 maps to georef )
- Histoire physique, politique et monumentale de la ville d'Anvers (1847; 85 images, 25 plates; 5 maps to georef ) (Antwerp)
- Histoire de la Ville d'Anvers (1861; 62 images, 25 plates; no maps)
- Album historique de la ville d'Anvers. Collection de vues et de monuments des temps passés, dessinés d'après nature et gravés sur cuivre par J. Linnig, avec notices historiques par F. H. M (1864; 61 images, 60 plates; no maps)
- Anvers port de mer. Description du port et des établissements maritimes d'Anvers, etc. By G. Rogers, E. de Keyser, P. de Wit and C. G. Haenen. (1885; 100 images, 80 plates; 16 maps to georef )
- Anvers. Pubblicato in occasione della Esposizione Universale del 1885. Con ... disegni, etc (1885; 43 images, 41 plates; no maps)
- Anvers à travers les âges (1887; 831 images, 608 plates; 33 maps to georef )
- Anvers, métropole du commerce et des arts. Ouvrage orné de plans et de gravures ... Seconde édition ... augmentée (1887; 31 images, 30 plates; 9 maps)
- (Book cat (100%)) Anvers maritime, etc. With illustrations. (1898; 73 images, 19 plates; no maps)
- St. Juliaens Gasthuis te Antwerpen (1853; 19 images, 6 plates; 1 map to georef )
– Flanders
edit- Chroniques, traditions et légendes de l'ancienne histoire des Flamands, recueillies par M. O. Delepierre. Including a French translation by J. O. Delepierre of extracts from the Chronicle of Gilles li Muisis, and a portrait. (1834; 21 images, 1 plate; no maps)
- Histoire des choses le plus remarquables advenues en Flandre, Hainaut, Artois, et pays circonvoisins depuis 1596 jusqu'à 1674 ... Publiée avec une notice sur l'auteur et sa famille par ... A. Le Boucq de Ternas (1857; 24 images, 7 plates; no maps)
- Histoire politique et littéraire du mouvement flamand (1895; 30 images, 1 plate; no maps)
– Places
edit- Histoire d'Arlon. (Atlas.) (1873; 59 images, 38 plates; 1 map to georef )
- Description analytique de cartulaires et de chartriers accompagnée du texte de documents utiles à l'histoire du Hainaut (1865; 70 images, 14 plates; 3 maps to georef )
- Notice historique sur l'ancien comté de Hornes et sur les anciennes seigneuries de Weert, Wessem, Ghoor et Kessenich. By Mathias Joseph Wolters. With plates, including a map. Followed by “Notes sur Horn et ses seigneurs” by A. Perreau. (1850; 16 images, 9 plates; 2 maps)
- Histoire de l'ancien pays de Liége (1844; 22 images, 1 plate; no maps)
- Histoire & souvenirs. Les rues de Liége anciennes et modernes ... 2e édition (1884; 75 images; no maps)
- Liége. Origines, histoire, monuments, etc (1889; 40 images, 26 plates; no maps)
- Lobbes, son abbaye et son chapitre, ou histoire complète du Monastère de Saint-Pierre à Lobbes, et du Chapitre de Saint-Ursmer à Lobbes et à Binche, avec cartes, vues et portraits (1865; 18 images, 16 plates; 2 maps)
- (Book cat) Louvain Monumental, ou description historique et artistique de tous les édifices civils et religieux de la dite ville. Ouvrage orné de 112 planches (1860; 119 images, 112 plates; 1 map)
- Notice historique sur l'ancien comté impérial de Reckheim dans la province actuelle de Limbourg. By M. J. Walters. (1848; 16 images, 15 plates; 2 maps)
- Notice historique sur la Commune de Rummen et sur les anciens fiefs de Grasen, Wilne, Bindervelt et Weyer en Hesbaye. By M. J. Wolters. (1846; 26 images, 20 plates; 1 map)
- Spa. Histoire et bibliographie (1888; 34 images, 1 plate; no maps)
- Histoire de Wevelghem, de son ancienne abbaye et de sa précieuse relique de la Ste Épine, d'après les documents authentiques (1890; 26 images, 1 plate; no maps)
- Les chroniques de l'Ardenne et des Woëpvres, ou revue et examen des traditions locales antérieures au onzième siècle pour servir à l'histoire de l'ancien comté de Chiny (1851; 23 images, 23 plates; 6 maps to georef ) [Ypres]
Netherlands
edit- Rheinischer Städte-Atlas. Enthaltend die speciellen Grundrisse von Amsterdam, dem Haag, Rotterdam, etc. Nebst einer historischen Einleitung über diese Gegenden von Dr E. D., etc (1845; 26 images, 26 plates; 26 maps to georef )
- Atlas, etc (1884; 136 images, 134 plates; 23 maps to georef )
- Sketching Rambles in Holland (1885; 97 images, 62 plates; no maps) with illustrations by the artist en:Edwin Austin Abbey
- Sketches in Holland and Scandinavia (1885; 33 images; no maps)
- Pictures from Holland, drawn with pen and pencil, etc (1887; 143 images, 106 plates; 1 map)
- Nieuwe wandelingen door Nederland, met pen en potlood. Door J. Craandijk ... en P. A. Schipperus. The text by J. Craandijk; the plates by P. A. Schipperus. (1888; 18 images, 18 plates; no maps)
- A Summer Holiday in Holland, etc (1897; 16 images, 11 plates; no maps)
- Sketches from a tour through Holland and Germany (1889; 97 images, 27 plates; no maps)
- Holland and the Hollanders ... With illustrations (1899; 86 images, 40 plates; 1 map)
- The American in Holland. Sentimental rambles in the eleven provinces of the Netherlands (1899; 18 images, 14 plates; 1 map)
- The Dead Cities of the Zuyder Zee, a voyage to the picturesque side of Holland. From the French of H. Havard, by A. Wood (1875; 65 images, 10 plates; no maps)
- History of the People of the Netherlands ... Translated by O. A. Bierstadt and Ruth Putnam (1898; 127 images, 6 plates; 7 maps)
- J. L.Motley's History of the Rise of the Dutch Republic. With ... engravings (1886; 52 images, 22 plates; no maps)
– Amsterdam
edit- Amsterdam geschetst in historisch-romantische tafereelen, van af het begin zijner opkomst tot op den tegenwoordigen tijd (1869; 31 images, 25 plates; 3 maps to georef )
- (Book cat (100%)) Amsterdam in Plaatjes en Praatjes (1875; 18 images, 18 plates; 1 map)
- Amsterdam et Venise. Ouvrage enrichi de sept eauxfortes par MM. L. Flameng et Gaucherel, et de cent vingt-quatre gravures sur bois (1876; 133 images, 80 plates; no maps)
- Geschiedenis van Amsterdam (1879; 28 images, 12 plates; no maps)
- Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam ... Mededeelingen over hare kunstschatten, dienst en inrichting ... Met afbeeldingen (1898; 37 images, 12 plates; 1 map)
– Other places in the Netherlands
edit- Chronicles of the Castle of Amelroy, or Ammerzode; with some notices of its ancient barons. Illustrated by photographic views and portraits from original paintings by A. Dürer ... and others; with facsimiles of ... ancient documents (1870; 29 images, 26 plates; no maps)
- (Book cat (100%)) Delft, in eenige afbeeldingen der schoonste monumenten, hoofdgebouwen en gezigten in en nabij de stad. Naar de natuur geteekend door C. Bos ..., met daarbij gevoegden tekst door T. van W (1858; 16 images, 16 plates; no maps)
Luxembourg
edit- (Book cat (100%)) Le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, historique et pittoresque (1885; 19 images, 14 plates; 4 maps)