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], [4]-370-[2], [4]-385-[1] pp.; compl. with 65 pl. (some pp. browned but generally a good copy).

Contemp. calf, gilt ruled border and spines with 7 raised bands (rubbed, corners sl. bumped, some sm. def.).

Complete 2nd 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 differently oriented as well. Engr. ill.: 1 frontispiece portrait of Sanderus by F. van Bleyswyck, 3 title vign. by D. Coster, 65 engr. copperplates showing abbeys, monasteries, convents, Marian devotional places, 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.
Ref. BB V: 64-68 (S-216). - STCN.
Prov. François Van Hamme de Stampaerts-Hoecke (bookpl.).