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

3 vol., folio: [8]-569, [2]-370-[2], [2]-385-[1] pp.; 65 pl. (vol. 1: 1st title missing, a bit browned and spotted, sm. defects).

Contemp. mottled calf, gilt-orn. spines with 6 raised bands, leather title labels (rubbed, corners bumped and/or repaired, joints rubbed and split).

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 differently oriented as well. Engr. ill.: 1 front. 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, 65 engr. copperpl. showing abbeys, monasteries, convents, Marian devotional places, incl. Affligem, Brussels, Antwerp, Mechelen, Leuven, Averbode, Grimbergen, Tongerlo, Villers, etc., numerous in-text ill. depicting coats of arms of monasteries and their abbots or saints.
Ref. BB V: 64-68-S-216. - STCN.
Prov. Libr. stamp.