Les plans et profils des principales villes et lieux considérables du Comté de Flandre [...].

10 parts in 8vo oblong: 9 (of 10) engr. titles and 193 (of 236) pls (Part Flanders: text ff. 8-9 missing; Part Artois: Fp. and ff. 6-8 missing; Part Brabant: incl. "Maestricht" (normally: Namur); marg. waterstains, repaired margins and tears).

19th-c. full mottled calf, gilt-tooled spine with raised bands, gilt fillet frame on boards (spine defective).

Pocket atlas by the military engineer Beaulieu de Pontault (c. 1612-1674) who served Louis II de Bourbon-Condé ou le Grand Condé. Part of the series "Plans et profils" in 14 vols, also known as the "petits Beaulieu". Includes 9 engr. titles, 76 (of 86) pls of Flanders, 38 (of 43) pls of Artois, 8 (of 11) pls of "Alost ou Flandre impérial", 6 (of 8) pls of Brabant, 1 (of 2) maps of Gueldre, 6 (of 6) pls of Cambray, 31 (of 37) pls of Hainaut, 8 (of 15) pls of Namur, 3 (of 3) pls of Limbourg and 16 (of 25) pls of Luxemburg, in a different order than described by Pastoureau. Beaulieu describes the acquisitions of France. Our copy has a supplementary text "A Monsieur le Chevalier de Beaulieu" signed "P. de la Ferre". Ref. Pastoureau, Beaulieu VII Aa (Flanders). - Beaulieu II Aa (Artois). - Beaulieu I Aa (Alost ou Flandre impérial). - Beaulieu IV a (Brabant). - Beaulieu VIII Aa (Gueldre). - Beaulieu V Ab (Cambray). - Beaulieu IX Aa (Hainaut). - Beaulieu XIII Aa (Namur). - Beaulieu X Aa (Limbourg). - Beaulieu XII Ac (Luxembourg).