Live auction - Lot 594
[Belgium - Brabant]
Vermakelykheden van Brabant, en deszelfs onderhoorige landen [...].
Amsterdam, D. Weege, 1770
€ 700 / 800
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Lot description
4 parts in 1 vol., folio: [4]-40 ff, [2]-44, [2]-32, [2]-28 (=24) ff. (tear pl. 71 part III "Het Nieuwe Kasteel van Argenteau", sm. marg. wormtrack throughout pls of part III only touching picture of "Riviren", minor browning, spotting and dampstaining).
Cont. half calf with corners, gilt flat spine with red title label (rubbed, corners bumped, joints starting to split, tail def.) Good copy.
Topographical and iconographical work on Brabant, concerning Leuven, Brussels, Antwerp, 's Hertogenbosch & Mechelen. Engr. ills by i.a. Harrewyn, J. van Croes after H. Cause, etc.: complete with 2 tailpcs and 192 (20, 75, 73, 24) plates on 100 ff. incl. 4 city maps, 4 city panoramas, views of castles (with coats-of-arms) or monuments, 1 "schema metallorum" and 3 armorial plates. Titles in black & red with engr. vign. Ref. STCN. Prov. Collection Daniel de Pret (ms. annotation on first flyleaf, auctioned 6 Dec. 1926).