Les délices des Pais-Bas, ou Description générale de ses dix-sept provinces, de ses principales villes et de ses lieux les plus renommez dans la situation où ils se trouvent depuis la Paix de Ryswyck. Édition nouvelle [...].

Brussels, Fr. Foppens, 1700

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Lot description

12mo; front. and 25 (of 28) pl. (text n.c., 3 pl. missing: map of the 17 Provinces, city hall of Amst. & castle of Ryswick; upper part of title with ms. entry cut out, some foxing, marg. tear without loss in p. 23 strengthened, tears without loss to some pl. -some strengthened -, dampstaining).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine, red spr. edges.

Second edition by P. Foppens (1st ed. by J.-B. Christyn: 1697) of this nice topographical bestseller. Ill. with 25 fold. plates (city maps and views of monuments) by J. Harrewijn, except "La cour de Bruxelles" by Kemnitz. Enchriched with a pl. showing the citadel of Antwerp.
Ref. De le Court 284. - STCV 7050630.
Prov. Jean-Baptiste-Théodore de Jonghe (1801-1860), Belgian bibliophile (armorial bookpl.).