Annales ducum seu Principum Brabantiae totiusq[ue] Belgii. Tomi tres [...] cum ducum seu principum imaginibus [...].

Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. Moretus, Wid. J. Moretus [= Maria de Sweert] & J. Meursius), 1623

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3 parts in 2 vol., folio: [36]-707-[117], [8]-678-[118] pp. (some min. browning, some wormtracks).

Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spines, sp. edges (corners rubbed and bumped, joints starting to split, def. to head and tail).

First edition of this extensive history of Brabant (615-1623), with special attention to the recent period of the Dutch Revolt, by Haraeus (1550-1632), professor of rhetoric in Douai, later canon at Leuven. Engr. ill.: 2 nice allegoric titles by C. Galle and L. Vorsterman after Rubens and 44 fine full-page portraits of i.a. Dukes of Brabant, Princes of the former Low Countries, and Albert & Isabella. At end of each vol. woodcut printer's mark.
Ref. Funck 328. - Matagne H-19. - Judson-Van de Velde 51-52. - De boekillustratie ten tijde van de Moretussen, 37a-c. - STCV.
Prov. De Grandval (ms. entry). - Erased stamps.