Castella & praetoria nobilium Brabantiae, coenobiaque celebriora, ad vivum delineata, in quatuor partes divisa : complectens agrum Lovaniensem, Bruxellensem, Antverpiensem et Sylvae-Ducensem [...]. = Châteaux et maisons de campagne, des gentilhommes du Brabant, et les monastères les plus remarquables [...]. = Kasteelen en heeren huysen der edelen van Brabant, mitsgaders de voornaamste kloosters [...].

2 works in 1 vol., folio: [8 incl. front. & dedication]-142 ff. -[8] pp., [8]-108 pp.; 2 pl. (waterstain with spotting at the bottom of the quires, marg. foxing, sm. hole in f. 43, ff. 87-88 misplaced after f. 94; 2nd work: outer margin short touching the map).

Contemp. overl. vellum tooled in gilt, double border with rolls on the boards, flower tool in the corners, large corner tools and lozenge-shaped center-plate, spine divided and decorated with a flower tool, large red leather title label (possibly posterior), a.e.g. (sl. soiling and stains in a part of the lower margins, sm. split on one joint, sm. hole on the lower turn-in). Nice copy.

Third ed. (1st ed.: 1694) of this iconographic publication showing the castles and monasteries of Brabant. Trilingual Latin-French-Dutch printing. The first work is illustrated (complete) with a nice front. engr. by A. van Diepenbeeck, identical to the front. of previous ed., engr. dedication to the "Staten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden", 6 double-page maps (the Duchy of Brabant, each of the 4 districts, and Antwerp), 206 beautiful views of castles and leisure places, churches, abbeys and convents (in-text, single, double or folding; cancellans plate pasted on f. 34); and the "schema metallorum" on f. 7v. Etchings by G. Bouttats, H. Cause, J. Harrewijn... after F. Bauduin, W. Hollar, J. van Croes, and J. van Werden, etc. At the end, an 8-page catalog of books printed by P. Vander Aa.
The second work, "L'érection de toutes les terres, seigneuries & familles titrées du Brabant, prouvée par des lettres patentes, tirez des originaux [...]", is a collection of extracts from letters patent, dated from Charles V to Leopold I (1518 to 1694), concerning various Brabant lands. This complementary work, sometimes missing, is also found separately. Ill. (complete) with 1 double-page map of the Duchy of Brabant (the same as in the 1st work and therefore often missing), 1 engr. dedication leaf, and 7 views of castles in text.
Ref. BB III:852-854 (L-108). - STCN 832271780.