Flandria illustrata, sive Provinciae ac comitatus hujus descriptio.

3 vol., folio: [36]-394-[8], [2]-416-[9], [2]-470-[13] pp. (some browning or spotting, 6 pl. missing).

Contemp. speckled calf, gilt spines with raised bands, leather title labels. Good copy.

Second 18th-c. edition of the "Flandria illustrata", the most famous topographical work on the former county of Flanders (1st ed.: 1641) with descriptions of its main towns and villages, in addition to a description of its counts and bishops. Engr. ill.: 3 title-vign. by D. Coster, coat of arms of H.J. van Susteren, initial, 86 full-page portraits (of 90, missing Albert, Isabella, Philip III and IV; 60, 26), 19 double-page or folding maps (4, 6, 9) i.a. of Ghent, Bruges, Ypres, Kortrijk, 18 double-page or folding city-plans or views of i.a. Menen, Beveren, Dendermonde, Oudenaarde, Nieuwpoort (vol. III) and 117 full-page or double-page pl. depicting views of towns, villages, abbeys, etc. (18, 41, 58; missing in vol. III: 2 full-page pl. arms and relics at Bornhem, engr. by Harrewijn). 15 engr. ill. in-text. Titles printed in red and black.
Ref. BB V:41-42.
Prov. Emmanuel de Hennin de Boussu Walcourt (mod. arm. bookpl.).