Online auction - Lot 333
[Low Countries - History]
Opera diplomatica et historica [...]. Editio secunda auctior et correctior. Joannes Franciscus Foppens [...] inedita adiunxit. [- Diplomatum Belgicorum nova collectio sive Supplementum ad opera diplomatica [...]].
Leuven, A. Denique, 1723 [- Brussels, P. Foppens, 1734-1748]
Starting bid: €
120
€ 150 / 200
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4 vol., folio (some local browning or spotting).
Contemp. marbled calf, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, red & green leather title labels, gilt sides, red edges (corners rubbed, (sm. def. at tail vol. III). Nice set.
Second edition, enlarged and corrected, of several works by Miraeus (1573-1640) relating to the civil and ecclesiastical history of the Low Countries, ed. by Foppens. Illustrated with an engr. author's portrait by Diamaer after Van Dyck (vol. I), 4 engr. title-vign. by J. Harrewijn and several engr. headpieces (some by Bertherham and Harrewijn). Titles in red and black.
Ref. De Ghellinck 880. - STCV.