Live auction - Lot 495

[Belgium - Brabant]

BUTKENS, Christophe

Trophées tant sacrés que profanes du duché de Brabant [...].

The Hague, Chr. van Lom, 1724-1726


Hammer price: € 600

€ 400 / 600

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Lot description

5 vol. (of which 2 for the Supplement), folio; 75 pl. (text n.c., occ. spotting and some normal toning, sm. pieces of paper pasted over old ms. entries on titles).

Contemp. sheep, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, red edges (front joints (starting to) split of vol. 2-5, back joint of vol. 2 starting to split, head of vol. 1-3 & 5 partly missing, some rubbing to spines and boards, corners bumped).

Historical work by Butkens (1590-1650), with genealogical information on numerous Brabant families. Engr. ill.: title by M. Borrekens after A. van Diepenbeeck, title-vignettes, a portrait of Butkens by J. Harrewijn after van Diepenbeeck, 2 folding maps (Brabant, Sonian Forest), 72 engravings incl. a view of the palace in Brussels, 19 views of castles, 27 portraits, etc. and more than 500 in-text of which some full page (coat of arms, seals, funeral monuments...). The part "Preuves", usually bound in the first vol., here bound separately.
Ref. De Ghellinck 430, 454 et 1352. - Funck 287. - Brunet I:1427. - STCN.
Prov. Van der Taelen (arm. bookpl.).

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Lot 495

Trophées tant sacrés que profanes du duché de Brabant [...].

BUTKENS, Christophe

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