Topographia historica Gallo-Brabantiae [...].

Folio: front.-[8]-272-[8] pp.; 19 pl. (some spotting, some pp. sl. age-toned, marg. hole in p. 259).

Contemp. calf, blind-ruled boards with a double fillet and roll-stamp, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (sl. rubbed). Good copy.

Rare first and only edition of this work based upon Jean Blondeau's unpublished manuscript "Commentaires sur le roman pays de Brabant" and upon Gramaye's "Gallo-Brabantia". Dedicated to the Bavarian Elector and last Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, Maximilian II (1662-1726). Engr. ill.: front. after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, the "Schema metallorum et colorum", dedicatory armorial head- and endpiece, full-page map of the Gallo-Roman province "Romandua", 36 pl. in-text, 10 full-page and 2 folding plates, all showing castles (Loupogne, Froidmont, Gembloux, Bornival, Ittre, Ottignies, Couroy, Clabecq, Argenteau...), and 6 full-page pl. representing tombstones, sepulchral monuments, heraldic weapons and seals, all engraved by J. Harrewijn, F. Erlinger and J.V.C. Léonard. Some woodcut coats of arms. Rare copy with date 1692 on title changed into 1693, presumably by the publisher/bookseller who updated the date when he put on sale the last copies he had in stock.
Ref. Brunet III:1002. - BB III:839-41:L-104. - STCN (i.a., BL).