Live auction - Lot 582
[Belgium - Brabant]
Vermakelykheden van Brabant, en deszelfs onderhoorige landen [...].
Amsterdam, D. Weege, 1770
Hammer price: €
320
€ 350 / 550
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Lot description
4 parts in 1 vol., folio: [4]-39-[1], [2]-43-[1], [2]-30-[1-1 bl.], [2]-27 [= 23]-[1] pp. (normal toning, some minor spotting).
Contemp. half calf expertly repaired with modern leather spine and corners, marbled paper on covers, spine with raised bands (sl. rubbed). Good copy.
Famous topographical and iconographical work on Brabant, concerning Leuven, Brussels, Antwerp, 's-Hertogenbosch and Mechelen. Engr. ill. by i.a. Harrewyn, J. van Croes after H. Cause, etc., complete with 192 (20, 75, 73, 24) plates on 100 ff. incl. 4 city maps, 4 city panoramas, views of castles (with coats of arms) or monuments, with "Les émaux (schema metallorum)" and 3 armorial plates. Titles in black and red with engr. vign.
Ref. Tiele 229. - STCN.