Bruges and Europe - VERMEERSCH, VALENTIN.

KORTE INHOUD

The prestigious works that Fonds Mercator has dedicated to the city of Bruges and its glorious past are rightly appreciated and admired by bibliophiles, academics, and historians alike. Appropriately enough, Bruges has always been a creative centre for the production and distribution of fine books, from the illuminated manuscript of the Middle Ages to the incunabulum and ultimately the modern printed book.

The need was felt for a third publication to complement the two major works – ‘Bruges, Mille ans d’Art’ and ‘Bruges et la mer’ – that Fonds Mercator has already published on the city. On the eve European unification, the new work focuses upon the Continental dimension of cosmopolitan Bruges, and looks forward to the promising future of this historic Flemish city in tomorrow’s Europe. ‘Bruges and Europe’ is another outstanding Fonds Mercator product. I congratulate the editors, authors, translators, coordinators and printers whose labours have culminated in this excellent book, and offer my appreciation to th...
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1999Uitgever: Mercatorfonds438 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 9061532809ISBN-13: 9789061532804

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