Memorien boeck der kerckmeesters [van] den Heylighen S. Jan op den Poel.

Folio (c. 31,5 x 19 cm), in Dutch, [58] ff. (incl. a number of blanks) + some 75 blank ff. in the 2nd half.

Cont. sheepskin, gilt frame on the boards, gilt spine on 7 raised bands, gilt inside dentelle, marbled endpapers, gilt edges (rubbed, corners bumped, front joint starting to split, head and tail def.).

Beautifully calligraphed manuscript listing and illustrating the "kerkmeesters" (church wardens) of the Brussels St John’s Church (demolished under the French occupation, now a square with the statue of Gabrielle Petit), for the period 1679-1729. It contains a calligraphed title and frontispiece, a dedication to "Ludovicus Anthonius Claris Grave van Clairimont" with his coat of arms, and for each church warden a calligraphic text and drawing (grisaille), with allegories, portraits, coats-of-arms – in all 33 full-page grisailles and 4 full-page coloured drawings. A similar manuscript by La Duron, “Vrywillighe Liefde Broeders van S. Huybrecht Liefde” (1715) is preserved as MS.HD6473.N35 in the Library of Congress (Washington). Prov. [Georges Petit].