Live auction - Lot 840
Live auction - Lot 840
[Low Countries]
Antiquitates illustrissimi ducatus Brabantiae, in quibus singularum urbium initia, incrementa, respublicae, privilegia, opera, laudes: Coenobiorum fundationes, propagationes, sacri thesauri, encomia, viri clari: Ecclesiarum patronatus [...]: Pagorum dominia [...].
Leuven, G. Denique; Brussels, brothers 't Serstevens, 1708
Hammer price: €
140
€ 80 / 100
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Lot description
13 parts in 1 vol., folio: [12]-27-[3], [8]-72-[4], [8]-36, [4]-52, [6]-46-[10], [8]-40-[8], 52, 80-[2], 14, 24, [4]-218-[15], 111-[17], [4]-21-[3] pp. (half title cut and pasted on, marg. light damp stain in last part).
19th-c. half marbled sheep, flat titled spine (corners bumped, head and tail damaged).
Large compilation of regional histories of the Southern Low Countries by the Leuven historian Gramaye (1580-1635), incl. works by Lindanus (Dendermonde) and De Guyse (Mons). As usual the order of the various parts differs from copy to copy. Ours contains (in order): Brabant, Leuven, Brussels, "Gallo-Brabantiae", Antwerp, "Taxandria", Breda, Namur, Cambrai, Mechelen, Ghent & Bruges, Dendermonde, Mons. Ill. with 10 engr. headpieces by Harrewijn among which views of Leuven, Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges and Ypres. Titles in red and black. Text in 2 col.
Ref. BB III:299-302:G-116. - STCV. - BL. - BnF.
Prov. Jesuit college S. Augustin in Enghien (label).