Verheerlykt Vlaandre, behelzende eene algemeene en nauwkeurige beschryving van dat graafschap en van zyne algemeene en byzondere wetten [...].

3 parts in 2 vol., folio: [6]-267, [4]-180 [= 182], [4]-113-[50] pp.; 186 pl. (very few sm. spots in text, vol. 1: sm. purple ink stain on portr. 20, vol. 2: sm. blue ink stain on edges in last part and minimally on margins of few ff.).

Contemp. mottled calf by or related to the First Stadholder Bindery, boards with large gilt-orn. with in its centre a man holding a terrestrial globe, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands (sm. scratches on boards, sm. def. to head and tail of vol. 2, joints rubbed, corners bumped). Large margined copy.

Only Dutch edition of the "Flandria illustrata" (1st Latin: Amst., J. & C. Blaeu, 1641-44; 2nd Lat.: The Hague, C. van Lom, 1732), the most famous topographical work on the former county of Flanders with descriptions of its main towns and villages. Based upon the 2nd Lat. ed., but without all ecclesiastical information, incl. the portraits of the bishops of Kortrijk and Bruges, which makes this Dutch "Verheerlykt Vlaandre" in fact the only secular edition published. According to the printer's introduction: "Wat de Geestlyke zaaken van dit Graafschap betreft, deeze hebben wy maar ter loops aangeroerd, om dat veele Menschen, in het leezen derzelve, weynig behaagen scheppen". Beautiful full-page or in-text engr.: 50 portraits and 218 maps, views and plans (on 136 ff.). Otherwise, small differences from the 1732 Latin edition: the parts and plates are often bound in a different order and with corrected page indications. Particularly interesting are 4 new plates that have not been included in the 2 previous Latin ed.: 1. Lille - 2. Bourse de Lille - 3. Ville de Douay - 4. Maison de ville de Douai.
Ref. BB V:47-48:S-214. - STCN. - J. Storm van Leeuwen - Dutch Decorated Bookbinding in the Eighteenth Century IIA: 3.2.12.