Chorographia sacra Brabantiae, sive Celebrium aliquot in ea provincia abbatiarum, coenobiorum, monasteriorum, ecclesiarum, piarumque fundationum descriptio [...] imaginibus aeneis illustrata.

3 vol., folio: [12]-569-[1], [2]-370-[2], [4]-385-[1] pp. (some browning and spotting, some min. dampstaining).

Contemp. mottled calf, gilt orn. spines with 6 raised bands, red edges (later corners, rubbed and bumped, covers rubbed, joints splitting, heads and tails def.).

Second edition of this topographical work, profusely illustrated with large views of abbeys and monasteries. This ed. is particularly interesting from a topographical viewpoint because of some renovations to the buildings since the 1st ed. (1656-1666), the new pl. are oriented differently as well. Engr. ill.: 1 front. portrait of Sanderus by F. van Bleyswyck, headpiece with portrait and coat of arms of the dedicatee Marie-Elisabeth by F. Bleysweyck, 3 title vign. by D. Coster, 5 full-page pl. depicting i.a., Our Lady of Montaigu and Archduke Leopold William kneeling before the Virgin of Alsemberg, 61 double-page pl. showing abbeys, monasteries, convents, incl. Affligem, Brussels, Antwerp, Mechelen, Leuven, Averbode, Grimbergen, Tongerlo, Villers, etc., numerous in-text ill. depicting coats of arms of monasteries and their abbots or saints. Title in red & black.
Ref. BB V:64-68:S-216. - STCN.
Prov. "De Waepenaert De Bernage" (ms. entries at lower flyleaf in all vol.).