Live auction - Lot 497
[Belgium - Brabant]
Vermakelykheden van Brabant, en deszelfs onderhoorige landen [...].
Amsterdam, D. Weege, 1770
€ 600 / 800
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Lot description
4 parts in 1 vol., folio: [4]-39-[1], [2]-43-(1], [2]-30-[1], [2]-27-[1] pp. (1 pl. missing, quire I bound before quire H in part 2, 2 sm. tears in folds of pl. in part 2, pl. of city hall of 's-Hertogenbosch loose, occ. spotting).
Mod. half leather, marbled paper boards, titled, flat spine (head and tail damaged, corners bumped, weak hinges).
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., ill. with 191 plates on 99 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.