Castella & praetoria nobilium Brabantiae, coenobiaque celebriora, ad vivum delineata, in quatuor partes divisa: complectentes agrum Lovaniensem, Bruxellensem, Antverpiensem et Sylvae-Ducensem. Cum brevi eorundem descriptione, & gentilitiis toparchum insignibus [...].

2 works in 1 vol., folio: [8 incl. front. & dedication]-142 ff., [10]-108 pp. (some min. foxing and/or spotting mainly marginal folds on half-title).

Contemp. vellum, sides blind-orn. "à la Duseuil" with large central lozange plate and fleuron in the corners, ink-titled spine with raised bands (min. soiling).

Third edition (1st 1694) of this iconographic publication showing the castles and monasteries of Brabant. Trilingual Latin-French-Dutch printing. The first work is ill. with a nice front. engr. by A. van Diepenbeeck, identical to the front. of previous ed., 6 double-page maps (the Duchy of Brabant, each of the 4 districts, and Antwerp), 206 beautiful views of castles and leisure places, churches, abbeys and convents (in-text, single, double or folding; cancel plate pasted on f. 34); and the "schema metallorum" on f. [7]v. Also with engr. title-vignette, dedication and armorial headpiece. Etchings by G. Bouttats, H. Cause, J. Harrewijn... after F. Bauduin, W. Hollar, J. van Croes, and J. van Werden, etc. The second work, "L'érection de toutes les terres, seigneuries & familles titrées du Brabant, prouvée par des lettres patentes, tirez des originaux [...]", is a collection of extracts from letters patent, dated from Charles V to Leopold I (1518 to 1694), concerning various Brabant lands. This complementary work, sometimes missing, is also found separately. Ill. with 1 double-page map of the Duchy of Brabant (the same as in the 1st work and therefore often missing), 1 engr. dedication leaf, 7 views of castles in-text and an armorial title-vignette. Enriched with 1 fold. pl. representing the tower designed by W. Hollar for St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen (signed and dated 1649).
Ref. BB III:852-854:L-108. - STCN.