Antiquitates illustrissimi ducatus Brabantiae, in quibus singularum urbium initia, incrementa, respublicae, privilegia, opera, laudes : Coenobiorum fundationes, propagationes, sacri thesauri, encomia, viri clari : Ecclesiarum patronatus [...] : Pagorum dominia [...].

13 parts in 1 vol., folio (f. F2 bound after F3 in part Antwerp, some spotting).

Contemp. polished sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (sm. defects on the front board, some scratches on the back board, joints sl. rubbed, corners sl. bumped).

Large compilation of regional histories of the Southern Low Countries by the Leuven historian Gramaye (1580-1635), incl. works by Lindanus (Dendermonde) and De Guyse (Mons). As usual the order of the various parts differs from copy to copy. Our contains (in order): Brabant, Leuven, Brussels, "Gallo-Brabantiae", Antwerp, "Taxandria", Breda, Mechelen, Ghent & Bruges, Namur, Cambrai, Dendermonde, Mons. Ill. with 10 engr. headpieces by Harrewijn among which views of Leuven, Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges and Ypres. Titles in red and black. Text in 2 col.
Ref. BB III:299-302:G-116. - STCV.