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

3 vol., folio: [10]-569-[1], [2]-370-[2], [2]-385-[1] pp.; 67 pl. (usual light spotting, some pl. sl. browned, vol. 2: f. 4S2 bound before 4S1, vol. 3: quire 4G dampstained).

Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. border on covers, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, red edges (vol. 1: tail missing, vol. 2: joint starting to split, joints sl. rubbed, sm. defects to covers, some corners bumped). Large margined copy.

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 oriented differently 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, 5 full-page pl. depicting i.a. Our Lady of Montaigu and Archduke Leopold William kneeling before the Virgin of Alsemberg, 61 double-page pl. showing abbeys, monasteries, convents, 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. Title in red & black.
Ref. BB V:64-68:S-216. - STCN.