Flandria illustrata, sive Provinciae ac comitatus hujus descriptio [...]. Cum figuris aeneis.

3 vol., folio: [36]-394-[8], [2]-416-[9], [2]-470-[13] pp.; 247 pl. (occ. spotting, few damp st. in margins, quire 5M bound before 5L in 2nd vol., hole in fold of some plans in vol. 3).

Contemp. sheep, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands (heads and tails missing, corners bumped, boards and joints rubbed).

Second, more complete, ed. (1st 1641-1644) of the most important topographical work on Flanders by Sanderus (1586-1664). Engr. ill. by J. Harrewyn en Blokhuysen: 90 portraits (64, 26), 19 maps (4, 4, 11), and 138 plates, many of them with 2 figures, representing city maps and views of towns, villages, abbeys, castles, monuments in Flanders; 17 engravings in text: 3 title-vign. by D. Coster, coat of arms of H.J. van Susteren, other views and plan, 1 coat of arms. Among the engraved town views are those of Ghent, Nieuwpoort, Bruges and Ypres. Titles in red & black.
Ref. BB V:36-41. - STCN 279936656.
Prov. Contemp. ms. entry by Reginaldus Castelein (c. 1702-1758), Dominican and writer.