Annales ducum seu Principum Brabantiae totiusq. Belgii. Tomi tres [...] cum ducum seu principum imaginibus [...].

3 parts in 2 vol., folio: [36]-707-[116-1 bl.], [8]-678-[117-1 bl.] pp. (some spotting, sm. wormhole or track in blank margin, 2nd vol.: sm. hole in text of pp. 113-116, some staining pp. 446 & 447).

Old sheep (some sm. defects), gilt.-orn. spines with 6 raised bands (joints rubbed, heads def.), marbled endpapers, red edges. Good copy.

Extensive history of Brabant (615-1623), with special attention to the recent period of the Dutch Revolt, by Haraeus (1550-1623), professor of rhetoric in Douai, later canon at Leuven. Engr. ill.: 2 titles by C. Galle and L. Vorsterman after Rubens and 44 (43, 1) fine full-page portraits of i.a. Dukes of Brabant, Princes of the Low Countries, and Albert & Isabella. Woodcut printer’s mark at the end of both volumes.
Ref. Judson-Van de Velde 51-52. - De boekillustratie ten tijde van de Moretussen, p. 131, 37a-c. - Haitsma Mulier/VdLem 205d. - STCV.
Prov. Arthur Verhaegen (1847-1917), architect and politician (mod. engr. arm. bookpl.).