Provincie, stad, ende district van Mechelen opgeheldert in haere kercken, kloosters, kapellen, gods-huysen, gilden, publieke plaetsen [...]. Als oock alle op-schriften, graf-schriften, jaer-schriften, wapens, quartieren, ende generatien [...].

CUYPERS d'ALSINGEN, J.F.G.; VANDEN EYNDE, R.N.

Hammer price: € 600

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Lot description

Brussels, J.B. Jorez, 1770

2 vol., 4to: [2]-xvi-446, [2]-502 [= 504] pp.

Contemp. mottled calf, gilt orn. spines with 5 raised bands (joints rubbed, sm. def. at head), red leather title labels, red edges. Very good copy.

Standard work on the history of Mechelen and its churches. Very interesting are the hundreds of inscriptions on tombstones, furniture, bells, etc. Enriched with a fine drawing of St. Rumbold's Tower pasted on flyleaf.
Ref. STCV.
Prov. Charles-Alexandre de Lorraine (1712-1780), Governor of the Austrian Netherlands (ms. entry "vendu a Bruxelles en 1781 a la vente des livres du prince Charles 8 fl. de change voyez le Nro 2355 de son catalogue"). - De Ghellinck d'Elseghem Vaernewyck (engr. arm. bookpl. "Laet Vaeren Nydt" by F. Heylbroeck & collector's labels). - Arthur Verhaegen (1847-1917), architect and politician (mod. engr. arm. bookpl.).