Bibliotheca Belgica, sive Virorum in Belgio vita, scriptisque illustrium catalogus, librorumque nomenclatura [...].

2 vol., 4to: [2]-xxxxi-[3]-600, [2]-601/1233 pp.; 144 pl. (some local light spotting, foxing and waterstaining, rare ms. annot., pp. 131-134 of vol. I and pl. figuring Johannes de Witt in vol. II loosening, pl. figuring J. Pamelius loose).

Contemp. quarter sheep, spines with raised bands (worn). Untrimmed copy.

The famous biographical dictionary of Latin authors from the Low Countries. Engr. ill.: 3 nice headpieces by Harrewijn i.a. a library scene and 144 (78, 66) portraits outside collation (a few folding) by Harrewijn, C. Galle, N. de Larmessin, etc. depicting authors, artists, painters, musicians, scientists, printers such as A. Ortelius, A. Vesalius, A. Van Dyck, B. Moretus, Chr. Plantin, G. Mercator, H. Goltzius, J. Van Eyck, J. Vondel, J. Lipsius, O. de Lassus, P.P. Rubens, J. Cats, etc. Text printed in double col. Titles in red and black.
Ref. BB III:29-30:F-5. - Besterman 710. - STCV.
Joined: Neny, Patrice-François de - Mémoires historiques et politiques sur les Pays-Bas Autrichiens, et sur la constitution [...]. Br., Le Franq, 1786. 2 vol., 12mo: [4]-278 (of 304), [4]-304 pp. (quire C of vol. I and engr. portrait of Neny missing). 19th-c. quarter purple shagreen, gilt orn. spines with raised bands. Fourth edition, corrected and enlarged. (4 vol.)