Live auction - Lot 1121
[Belgium - Brabant]
Groot kerkelyk toneel des hertogdoms van Brabant [...].
's Gravenhage, Chr. van Lom, 1727
€ 800 / 1.000
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Lot description
Folio: [6]-215 pp. (marg. foxing, esp. to title).
Contemp. vellum, blind ruled and orn. covers (large flower tool in center and sm. angular ones), spine with raised bands, spr. edges (rubbed, joints splitting).
Later edition of this work, often wrongly attributed to Jacques Le Roy. Engr. illustrations: title-vign. by D. Coster, 3 full-page plates depicting coat of arms, 2 folding maps, 69 views, mostly on double-page and folding showing monasteries, abbeys, churches, etc. and 26 full-page portraits (complete) of bishops as Mathias Hivius, L. Torrentius, Joannes Malderus, Michael Ophovius, etc. Illustrated also with 9 pl. of graves and 7 ill. in text. Text in 2 columns. Title in red and black.
Ref. BB V:365/369.
Prov. Rev. J.J. DeClerc, Salford (bookpl.). - Salford Diocesan Library, "Pray for the donor. A.J.D.C." (id.). - J. & J. Thompson, bookseller in Manchester (label).