Nauwkeurige beschryving der oude en beroemde zee-stad Oostende [...] tot het jaer 1787.

2 parts in 1 vol., 4to: viii-167-242 pp. (some wormtracks in last quires, some occ. spotting and few ff. sl. soiled).

Contemp. sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (joints rubbed and starting to split, head missing and tail sl. damaged, corners bumped).

First, posthumous, edition of this rare chronical of Ostend by Bowens (1729-1787), chronicler, alderman and adviser to the prince of Thurn and Taxis. Bowens extensively describes the Siege of Ostend (1601-1604) and the Ostend Company. Ill. with 5 plans depicting Ostend in 1123, 1583, 1601, 1740 and 1791, engr. by Wauters after De Vos.
Ref. STCV.
Prov. Widow of the doctor Vingiers, "doctoor in de medicinen deezer stad Ostende" (old ms. entry). - Grégoire Vanden Driessche-Lievens, Ostend (mod. ms. entry).