Opera varia: scilicet Rerum Lovaniensium libri IV. Annalium ejusdem oppidi libri VIII [...]. De Galliae Belgicae antiquitatibus [...] [and] Nuenarius, Hermannus - De Gallia Belgica commentariolus [...] [and] Ortelius, Abraham & Vivianus, Johannes - Itinerarium.

5 parts in 1 vol., folio: [front.-16]-124, 112, [4]-18, [2]-12, [2]-22-[24] pp.

Contemp. richly gilt-decor. calf, double gilt flower border on covers, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, gilt sides, gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g. (upper joint splitting, corners sl. rubbed). Nice large paper copy.

First edition of the collected works of the Brabant historian P. Divaeus (1535-1581), incl. his history of Leuven and its important families, as well as archaeological works on Southern Belgium by himself, Nuenarius, Ortelius and Vivianus. Engr. ill.: nice front. with small author's portrait by A. van Campen, double-page folding map of "Nova Gallia Belgica", 8 pl. with coats of arms of Leuven families (6 full-page, 2 double-page or folding, 1 signed Catoir). Title in red & black. Text in 2 col.
Ref. STCV. - BL. - BnF.
Prov. H. Vanden Block bookpl.). - G. Bengesco, i.e. Romanian diplomat and man of letters (id.). - Quarré-Reybourbon,i.e. French historian, archaeologist, folklorist and collector (bookpl.).