De wandelinghe, ofte Waerachtige beschryvinge van de voor-naemste steden van Vlaenderen en Brabant, te weten: Brugghe, Ghendt, Loven, Brussel en Antwerpen, mits-gaders De generaele beschrijvinghe van de Pauselijcke stadt Roomen [...] Loretten [...] Napels, en geheel ‘t Heyligh Lant en de stadt van Jerusalem [...].

8vo: [8]-44-[4] pp. (occasional spotting or soiling).

19th-c. gilt half calf, marbled paper on covers, marbled edges, marbled endpapers (rubbed, front cover loose). Good copy.

Very rare first edition (2nd 1710) of a verse description of Bruges, Ghent, Leuven, Brussels, Antwerp, Rome (its churches), Loretto, Naples, the Holy Land and Jerusalem (pp. 28-44). The author, Jacobus de Ruyter (1671-1716) is titled "clercq van de Weeserye der Stede ende Casselrije van Veurne".
Ref. STCV 12922847 (1: EHC). - Opac KBR (1). - Not in BCNI, BnF, BL.
Prov. V. de la Montagne i.e. Victor Alexis dela Montagne (1854-1915), Antwerp writer and collector (bookpl.). - Carlo de Poortere (1917-2002), Kortrijk businessman and collector (bookpl.).