Chorographia sacra Brabantiae, sive Celebrium aliquot in ea provincia abbatiarum, coenobiorum, monasteriorum, ecclesiarum, piarumque fundationum descriptio [...] imaginibus aeneis illustrata.

3 vol., folio: [12]-569-[1], [2]-370-[2], [2]-385-[1] pp. (some minor spotting; vol. I: large damp stain at upper corner in beginning vol I, tiny wormholes in lower blank margin; vol. III: first quire loosening, used & strengthened in margin).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. spines with 7 raised bands, leather title labels (rubbed, corners bumped, joints rubbed, front joint vol. III split, vol. II rebacked with modern leather spine and repaired corners).

Second edition of this topographical work, profusely illustrated with large views of abbeys and monasteries. This ed. is particularly interesting from a topographical viewpoint because of some renovations to the buildings since the 1st ed. (1656-1666), the new pl. are oriented differently as well. Engr. ill.: 1 frontispiece portrait of Sanderus by F. van Bleyswyck, headpiece with portrait and coat of arms of the dedicatee Marie-Elisabeth by F. Bleysweyck, 3 title vign. by D. Coster, 5 full-page pl. depicting i.a., Our Lady of Montaigu and Archduke Leopold William kneeling before the Virgin of Alsemberg, 63 double-page pl. showing abbeys, monasteries, convents, incl. Affligem, Brussels, Antwerp, Mechelen, Heverlee (in double), Leuven, Corsendonk, Averbode, Grimbergen, Tongerlo, Villers, etc., numerous in-text ill. depicting coats of arms of monasteries and their abbots or saints. Title in red & black.
Ref. BB V:64-68:S-216. - STCN.