Online auction - Lot 435
[Bibliography - Low Countries]
Bibliotheca Belgica: de Belgis vita scriptisq. claris. Praemissa topographica Belgii totius seu Germaniae Inferioris descriptione.
Leuven, J. Zegers, 1643
Starting bid: €
50
Hammer price: €
115
€ 100 / 150
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4to: [16]-110-[22]-900 pp. (browning, a few sm. marg. tears).
Contemp. blindst. calf, gilt spine with raised bands, (rubbed, corners bumped, joints split).
First general bibliography of the Low Countries by the Leuven scholar Valerius Andreas (1588-1655). Printer's mark on title and a full-page pl. depicting arms of the dedicatee Franciscus de Kinschot.
Ref. Besterman 710. - Matagne (Namur) A-125. - STCV.
Prov. "E. Rousseau, rue du Conseil, Ixelles" (old ms. entry on front endpaper). - Note on front flyleaf.