Chorographia sacra Brabantiae sive Celebrium aliquot in ea provincia ecclesiarum et coenobiorum descriptio. Imaginibus aeneis illustrata [...].

23 parts in 1 vol., folio (foxing, extensive on some pp., some ff. sl. age-toned, confusion in printing or binding pts 21 and 22 (?)).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine (sl. rubbed).

First edition of the 1st vol. of this profusely illustrated topographical work. It contains: 1. Carthusiae Bruxellensis (Scheut), 14 pp., 1 pl. on double page with printed text on verso; 2. S. Maria Beginasii Bruxellensis (with Alsemberg et Heylissem), 16 pp., 2 in-text ill., 1 pl. outside text; 3. Coenobium S. Petri Apostoli, 8 pp., 1 pl. on double p. with printed text on verso; 4. Vallis Liliorum, 10 pp., 1 pl. on double p. with printed text on verso; 5. Jacobi de Caldenberga, 7 pp.; 6. S. Pauli Rubeae Vallis in Zonia, 27 pp., 1 pl. outside text; 7. Groenendael, [2]-28 pp., 1 pl. outside text; 8. Asperi Collis, 30 pp., 1 full-page ill., 1 pl. on double p. with printed text on verso; 9. Laca, 3-[1 bl.]-63 pp., 1 (of 3) pl. on double p. outside text; 10. Abb. S. Salvatoris Antwerpiensi, [4]-52 pp. (sl. damp stain to upper corner), 1 pl. on double p. outside text, 1 in-text ill.; 11. S. Gertrudis Lovanii, 10 pp. (marg. damp stains), 1 pl. on double p. outside text; 12. Vlierbaci, 23 pp. (marg. damp stains), 1 pl. on double p. outside text; 13. Coenobii de Foresto, 6 pp. (final blank missing), 1 pl. on double p. outside text; 14. Averbodii, 18 pp. (marg. damp stain), 1 pl. on double p. outside text; 15. Diligem, 20-[2 bl.] pp., 1 pl. on double p. with printed text on verso; 16. Abbatiae Grimbergensis, 25 pp., 1 pl. on double page with printed text on verso; 17. Coenobii S. Michaelis Antverpiae, 43-[4] pp. (marg. damp stains, 1 pl. on double p. outside text, 1 in-text ill.; 18. Villarii, 39-[1 bl.]-4 pp., 2 pl. on double p. with printed text on verso (the 2nd from another copy pasted on blank ff.?), 1 in-text ill.; 19. Affligenium, 20-[2 bl.] pp. (pl. missing); 20. Basilica Bruxellensis, 20 pp. (marg. damp stain), 2 in-text ill.; 21. Status aulicus. [2]-24 [= 34] pp. (marg. damp stain); 22. In Belgio Conciliis Dissertatiuncula, [2]-34 pp.; 23. Regiae Domus Belgicae sive Palatum Bruxellense, [6]-44 pp. (sm. marg. hole in f. [2], marg. damp stain), 3 pl. and 1 map on double page with printed text on verso, 6 in-text ill. (incl. portrait), 6 plates outside text fig. castles. Each part is preceded by a special title orn. with a copper-engr. vignette (some repeats); general title in red & black also with a vignette. The stock of a 2nd vol. was completely destroyed during the bombardment of Brussels in 1695, only 5 or 6 copies survived. Copy with extended 19th-c. note in French on the "communautés religieuses" of Belgium on flyleaves and with a ms. Index of the parts present in the vol. at the end.
Ref. BB V:49/63. - Funck 392. - STCV.
Prov. Monastery Saint Firmin at Flavigny, France (ms. entry dated 1720). - D. Charles de Vassimon "prior titularis" of Flavigny (contemp. ms. entry).