Live auction - Lot 789
[Antwerp]
Historia episcopatus Antverpiensis, continens episcoporum serium et capitulorum, abbatiarum, et monasteriorum fundationes [...].
Brussels, F. Foppens, 1717
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
8vo; 9 pl. (text n.c., sl. age-toned, occ. spotting).
Contemp. sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (sm. part of head missing, joints sl. rubbed, corners bumped).
Early history of the Antwerp diocese (incl. part of present-day Noord-Brabant) and its capitular churches, abbeys and monasteries. Ill. with an engr. front. by J. Harrewijn after Champagne, 16 coats of arms of Antwerp bishops in-text and 9 folding pl. by J. Harrewijn or P. Devel (1) depicting 3 plans (Antwerp, Breda, Bergen-op-Zoom) and 6 town views (churches, townhall, abbeys, ...).
Ref. De le Court 488. - Funck 333. - Barbier IV:1272. - STCV.
Prov. Prize book awarded to Joannes-Baptiste van Cauwenbergh, "ex Ruysbroeck", on August 22th 1815 at the Kleinseminarie in Mechelen, given by G. Verlooy (prize on front flyleaf).