Belgium universum. Seu Omnium inferioris Germaniae regionum accurata descriptio. Tabulis geographicis, tam provinciarum quam urbium praecipuarum; nec non & additamentis nonnullis plurimum aucta & illustrata.

2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [8, incl. engr. title and coat of arms]-231 [= 204]-111 [= 119] pp.; 97 (of 98) pl. (some soiling and foxing, first and last ff. dampstained).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, sprinkled edges (corners sl. used, covers with scratches, spine sl. cracked, tail missing).

Janssonius' ed. with similar text to the Blaeu ed. of 1634, in a translation by Renier Telle (1578-1618) after the Italian Plantin ed. of 1588. Famous description of the Low Countries (1st part) and of the Northern Netherlands (2nd part), 1st published in Italian in 1567. Engr. ill.: title, coat of arms of the 17 Provinces and 97 single or double pl. (of 98: 25 missing: Rheinberg), picturing maps of the Netherlands, Brabant, etc. or city plans of Leuven, Brussels, Antwerp (4 views on buildings), Mechelen, Ghent, Ostend, Dunkerque, Lille, Douai, Mons, Namur, Liège, Luxemburg, etc., and Arnhem, Zaltbommel, Haarlem, Dordrecht, Amsterdam (4 views on buildings), Gouda, Hoorn, Gorinchem, The Hague, Middelburg, Zwolle, Groningen, etc. The plates were printed with the same copper plates used in the Blaeu ed. of 1613. They are numbered 1-100 (5 unnumbered), but all the complete copies contain only 98 plates.
Ref. Guicciardini illustratus 22. - STCN 850092647. - COPAC.
Prov. Franz Ignatius Lizzo (?) (ms. entry, 1719). - Kals (?) van Cutsem (id., 20th c.). - Unidentified stamp "EE".