Brusselsche eer-triumphen, dat is eene waerachtighe beschrijvinge van alle de Hertoghlijcke huldinghen, der Keyseren [...]. Inne-komsten, Vreugde-feesten en Tournoy-spelen, geschiet binnen de Princelijcke Stadt Brussel [...]. Eyndende, met [...] Groote Feeste, van het dry hondert jarigh Jubilé van het hoogh-weerdigh H. Sacrament van Mirakelen.

Folio: [12]-127-[4] pp.; 11 pl. (browning, corner of pp. 31-32, 37-38 repaired).

Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands and label (covers with scratches, joints loosening, turn-ins missing).

Rare survey of royal "Entries" and similar festivities in Brussels, culminating in the sumptuous tercentenary procession of the Holy Sacrament of the Miracle (3 miraculous hosts which started to bleed on Good Friday 1370. Jews were falsely accused of having pierced them with knives - a typical case of the continuation of medieval anti-semitism). Engr. ill.: front. with panoramic view of Brussels by J. Troyen, and 8 full-page and 2 folding pl. by Gaspar Bouttats.
Ref. Opac KBR. - STCV. - Not in Landwehr (Splendid ceremonies).
Joined: 1. Cafmeyer, P. de - Hooghweirdighe historie van het alder-heylighste sacrament van mirakel [...]. Br., G. de Backer, 1720. 8vo; 20 pl. prob. by Fr. Harrewijn (corner of 1 pl. missing, some spotting). Contemp. calf (upper right corner with def.). Ref. STCV. Bound with: Beschryvinge van de schilderyen die vereert zyn geweest in de collegiale kercke van de h.h. Michael ende Gudila ter oorsaecke van den jubilé geviert op den 17. julii van den iaere MDCCXXXV. S.l., s.n., [ca. 1735]. 6 folding pl. by P. Pery, J.-B. Millé, Fr. Harrewijn, J. L. Krafft, I. B. Thibaut. Rare. Ref. STCV. - 2. Histoire des hosties miraculeuses, qu'on nomme le très-saint sacrement de miracle [...]. Br., J. Van den Berghen, 1770. 8vo; 18 pl. and 7 folding pl. Contemp calf (sl. rubbed, turn-ins missing). Ref. STCV. (3 vol.)