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, vol. 2: marg. wormtracks on first ff., some pl. cut shaving the right edge with occ. min. loss of numbering).

Contemp. speckled calf, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, red leather title labels, red and blue sp. edges (rubbed, corners sl. bumped, some endcaps skillfully restored). Good copy.

Third ed. (1st 1641) of the most famous topographical work on the former county of Flanders. Engr. ill.: 3 title-vign. by D. Coster, coat of arms of H.J. van Susteren, initial, 15 in-text, and 247 pl. incl.: 90 full-page portraits (Forestiers, counts and bishops), 14 fold. maps (1 full-page) i.a. of Ghent, Bruges, Ypres, Kortrijk, 18 double-page or fold. city-plans or views of i.a. Menen, Beveren, Dendermonde, Oudenaarde, Nieuwpoort, and 125 full-page or double-page pl. depicting views (some plans) of towns, villages, abbeys, monuments, etc. Titles printed in red and black. With 2 add. ff.: vol. 1, p. 171[bis], vol. 2: p. 252*.
Ref. BB V:41-42.