Beschryvinge van de vreugde-teeckenen de welcke op den 3. mey 1749. sullen geschieden in het ses-hondert-jaerig jubilé van het Heylig Bloedt onses saligmaeckers het welck rust in de stad Brugghe [...].

8vo: [10]-60 [= 62] pp. (some light damp stains on first and last pp.).

Mod. quarter purple cloth, marbled paper boards, flat spine (spine sl. faded and rubbed).

First edition of this festivity book with a description of the 600th jubilee of the Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges and its participants: trades and guilds, religious orders, the bishop, members of the Confraternity and the city council. Ill. with 6 fold. pl. by Verschoot depicting o.a. characters in Chinese and Turkish costumes and curious floats in the shape of a whale, an elephant, a rhino, ... and the Bayard. Enriched with a later ill. pasted on verso of title.
Ref. De le Court 213. - STCV.