Bibliotheca Belgica, sive Virorum in Belgio vitâ, scriptisque illustrium catalogus, librorumque nomenclatura [...].

2 vol., 4to: [2]-xxxxi-[3]-600, [2]-601/1233-[1] pp.; 112 (of 144) portr. (some damp stains, sl. browned, an occasional tear).

Contemp. speckled calf, gilt-tooled spines with raised bands (joints weak, endtails damaged, tr. of wear).

Famous biographical dictionary of Latin authors from the Southern Netherlands. Engr. ill.: including 3 nice headpieces by J. Harrewijn i.a. a library scene and 112 portraits outside collation (9 folding) by J. Harrewijn, C. Galle, N. de Larmessin, etc., depicting authors, scholars, artists, musicians, printers, etc. as A. Ortelius, A. Vesalius, A. Van Dyck, G. Mercator, H. Goltzius, J. Van Eyck, J. Vondel, J. Lipsius, O. de Lassus, P.P. Rubens, J. Cats,... Titles in red and black. Text in 2 col. Copies with all the plates are rarely found.
Ref. BB III:29-30: F 5.
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