Live auction - Lot 596
[Belgium - Brabant]
Groot werreldlyk tooneel des Hertogdoms van Braband [...].
The Hague, Christiaan van Lom, 1730
€ 750 / 1.100
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Lot description
Folio: [8]-94-[2] pp.
Old. calf (sl. rubbed), flat spine with gilt orn. (def. at tail).
Dutch trsl. of "Le grand theatre profane du Duché de Brabant", publ. at The Hague 1730 by Le Roy. This is a very nice iconography of the castles in Brabant and deals with the regions of Leuven, Brussels, Antwerp and 's Hertogenbosch. With 57 engr. plates: 3 pl. with coat-of-arms and 186 castles, city maps and views of the 4 above-mentioned cities, mostly printed 3 by 3 on 1 pl. This edition includes a treatise on seal rings (Verhandeling over de zegelringen). Ref. BB III-857/858.