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: [6, incl. front., of (8)]-137 (of 142) ff., [8]-108 pp. (half title and dedication, ff. 35, 85, 110, 114 and 137, 8-page catalog of books printed by Vander Aa in the 1st work missing, one view cut out in ff. 54 & 132; vol. almost entirely loose, marg. dampstaining, some folds reinforced).

Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands (loose, some defects, rubbed).

Third ed. (1st ed.: 1694) of this iconographic publication showing the castles and monasteries of Brabant. Trilingual Latin-French-Dutch printing. The first work is illustrated 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), 201 (of 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. 7v. Also with a large title-vignette and an 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. (complete) 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 the medallion portrait of Philippe IV.
Ref. BB III:852-854 (L-108). - STCN 832271780.