Verheerlykt Vlaandre, behelzende eene algemeene en nauwkeurige beschryving van dat graafschap en van zyne algemeene en byzondere wetten [...].

3 parts in 2 vol., folio: [6]-267, [4]-180 (= 182), [4]-113-[52] pp.; 186 pl. (foxing, light marg. damp stain in vol. I, marg. wormholes in half vol. II).

Contemp. half mottled calf, 19th marbled paper covered boards, spine with gilt ruled raised bands (front joints splitting, almost all joints reinforced, sm. traces of use). Wide-margined copy.

Dutch trsl. of "Flandria Illustrata" (reissue of the ed. The Hague, C. van Lom, 1732) by Sanderus (1586-1664). This work contains descriptions of the county of Flanders, the history of the Dukes of Flanders, and the cities of Ghent, Bruges and Ypres. Engr. ill. (some by J. Harrewijn): title-vign. by D. Coster, 16 (7, 5, 4) endpieces, 50 full-page portraits, 18 maps (9, 7, 2, i.a. "Nova Antiquae Flandriae", Ghent, Bruges, Ypres, "Castellaniae Corturiacensis", "Cassel Ambacht" etc.), 3 ill. in text and 118 plates (40, 60, 18), incl. double-paged, depicting views, bird's-eye views and buildings of Ghent, Bruges, Ypres, Dendermonde, Cassel, Gravelines, St. Winox Bergen, Veurne, Menen, etc. Titles in red & black.
Ref. BB V:47/48 (S-214).
Prov. L.A.B. De Patin Major (ms. entries, erased on 1st title).