Bewys van de alderbequaemste en profytelykste inventie, om de overtreffelyke en vermaerde koop-stad van Antwerpen te verlossen van de pestige en ongesonde locht, komende uyt de vuyle verrotte en stinkende ruyen [...].

Brussels, G. Scheybels, 1661

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4to: 12 pp. + 1 f. with woodcut map (missing blank C4, toned).

Gilt-titled artificial leather. Good copy.

Rare proposal by the engineer Van Langren (1598-1675) for the sanitation of the Antwerp canals. Texts in Dutch and French.
Ref. BB II:676:L-16 (note). - STCV.
Bound with: By-voegsel ofte Verklaeringe [...]. S.l., s.d., 1663. A polemic against the goldsmith Ambr. van Schoor on the accusation of plagiarism. 18th-c. repr. with orthographic variants.