Annales ducum seu Principum Brabantiae totiusq. Belgii. Tomi tres [...] cum ducum seu principum imaginibus [...].

Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. Moretus, Widow J. Moretus [= Maria de Sweert] & J. Meursius), 1623

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3 parts in 2 vol., folio: [36]-707-[116-1 bl.], [8]-678-[117-1 bl.] pp. (min. spotting or browning).

Contemp. marbled sheep, spines with raised bands, later gilding and red & green title labels (rubbed, corners bumped, some tears, sm. def. at heads). Good copy.

Extensive history of Brabant (615-1623), with special attention to the recent period of the Dutch Revolt, by Haraeus (1550-1632), professor of rhetoric in Douai, later canon at Leuven. Engr. ill.: 2 nice titles by C. Galle and L. Vorsterman after Rubens and 44 (43, 1) fine full-page portraits of i.a. Dukes of Brabant, Princes of Netherlands, and Albert & Isabella. At end of each vol. woodcut printer's marks.
Ref. Judson-Van de Velde 51-52. - De boekillustratie ten tijde van de Moretussen, p. 131, 37a-c. - STCV.
Prov. Jesuit college St Barbara Ghent (19th-c. library stamps, tickets & ms. entries).