Live auction - Lot 1442

[Genealogy - Brabant]

BUTKENS, Christophe

Trophées tant sacrés que profanes du Duché de Brabant [...].

The Hague, Chr. Van Lom, 1724-1726

€ 300 / 400

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Lot description

4 vol., folio (2 of Supplement): [16, engr. title incl.]-672-235-[24], [4]-572, [4]-508, [2]-1/318-[2]-319/444-xxxiii pp.; 75 pl. (with the extra quires in vol. II, Suppl. vol. I & II, pp. 653-655 inverted in vol. I; damp stains in vol. I-II & darker in vol. III, foxing, some outside margins cut short).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. spines with raised bands, red spr. edges (3 head or tails missing, sm. lack to head of vol. I, lacks to front cover of vol. I, front joint of vol. II of Suppl. partly split).

Later 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, title vignettes, a portrait and initial by D. Coster, a portrait of Butkens by J. Harrewijn after van Diepenbeeck, 2 folding maps (Brabant, Sonian Forest), 72 engravings including a view of the palace in Brussels, 19 views of castles, 27 portraits, etc. and more than 500 in-text of which some full page (coat of arms, seals, funeral monuments...).
Ref. De Ghellinck 430, 454 et 1352. - Funck 287. - Brunet I:1427. - STCN.

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Lot 1442

Trophées tant sacrés que profanes du Duché de Brabant [...].

BUTKENS, Christophe

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