Live auction - Lot 917
[Brabant - Genealogy]
Trophées tant sacrés que prophanes de la duché de Brabant.
Antwerp, C. Jeghers for the author, [1637]
€ 100 / 200
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Lot description
2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [8]-653-[10-1 bl.], 235-[1 bl.-23-1 bl.-1-1 bl.] pp. (lacking engr. map, f. §1 and pp. 197-200 (of 2nd part); engr. title cut out and pasted on bl. f., sm. def. in title, some marg. repairs, wormtrack near gutter in last quires of 2nd part; browning and spotting throughout).
Half 19th-c. sheep, marbl. paper on boards, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, red leather title label, red edges.
First edition (?) of this historical work by Butkens (1590-1650), with genealogical information on numerous Brabant families. Engr. ill.: title by M. Borrekens after A. van Diepenbeeck and 6 full-page plates; +/- 520 woodcut ill. in text depicting coats of arms and seals (2nd part). With errata leaf at the end.
Ref. de Ghellinck 1005. - STCV.
Prov. Underlinings and marg. notes in text throughout.