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 (toned).

Contemp. marbled wrappers. 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: Id. - By-voegsel ofte Verklaeringe [...]. S.l., s.n., 1663. 7-[1 (of 3) bl.] pp. (missing blank C4). A polemic against the goldsmith Ambr. van Schoor on the accusation of plagiarism. Both parts are 18th-c. reprints with orthographic variants.
Joined: Reflexions pour les adheritez & interessez des poldres de Lilloo, Stabroeck, Santvliet & Beirendrecht au sujet de la prolongation de leur primitifs octrois. S.l., s.n., [not before 1722]. 4to: 14-[2 bl.] pp. (dampstaining). Contemp. marbl. wr. Ref. Anet. - Not in STCV. (2 vol.)