Historia sacra et profana archiepiscopatus Mechliniensis [...].

2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [10]-289-[1 bl.], [2]-328-[2] pp. (local clear damp stain at fore edge, sm. tear in centerfold of map, some spotting or browning).

Contemp. calf (rubbed, corners bumped), gilt spine with 6 raised bands (rubbed, joints split, sm. def. at head & tail). Good copy.

First and only edition of this religious and topographical description of the Archbishopric of Mechelen (Mechelen, Leuven, Diest, Brussels, Aalst, etc.) by the Mechelen priest and historian C. Van Gestel (1658-1748). Engr. ill.: 2 title-vign. by D. Coster, 1 half-page coat of arms of the dedicatee Thomas Philipp, 1 folding map of the Archbishopric of Mechelen, 3 double-page views of St Rumbold's Church, St Michael and St Gudula Cathedral and St Peter's Church at Leuven by J. Harrewijn, 9 portraits and 10 funeral monuments or inscriptions (3 double-page or folding and some signed by D. Coster) and 1 sm. text ill. of coins. Title in red & black.
Ref. STCN (i.a. BL).