Beschryvinge van het zeven honderdjaerig jubilé van den heyligen Macarius [...] het welk geviert zal worden binnen de stad van Gend [...] te beginnen met den 30. mey tot den 15. juny 1767 [...].

4to: [8]-xii-84 pp. (browned, some spotting, last quire loosening, tear in large fold., edges frayed).

Sewn in contemp. (?) marbled wrappers (loosening, parts of wr. missing, used).

First edition of this work celebrating the 700 years Jubilee of Saint Macarius. Ill. with 15 engr. pl. (lettered A-O, 11 folding) by F. Heijlbrouck and P. or J.L. Wauters depicting num. chariots (ship, crocodile, dromedary, swan, rhinoceros, elephant), cavalcades and ornaments. Incl. 1 large folding pl. showing the firework on the Friday Market.
Ref. Bibl. gant. 3857. - Berlin Kat. 3167. - Praz 426. - Landwehr, LC, 431.
Joined: Robiano, E.-J.-B. de - Collection des desseins des figures colossales et des groupes qui ont été faits de neige dans plusieurs ruës [...] de la ville d'Anvers, le mois de janvier 1772 [...]. Antw., Carstiaenssens, Bruers, (1773). 8vo; 24 pl. (sl. age-toned, edges frayed). Loose. Uncut, unopened copy. Only edition, ill. with 24 sculptures engr. by A. Cardon after J. Rubens, J.P. Borrekens, and other artists. (2 vol.)