Live veiling - Lot 546
[Belgium - Brabant]
Groot werreldlyk tooneel des hertogdoms van Braband [...].
The Hague, Chr. Van Lom, 1730
€ 500 / 600
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Beschrijving lot
Folio: [4]-94-[2] pp.; 67 (of 71) pl. (4 pl. missing, marg. first 2 ff. underlaid, few ff. underlaid, 1 f. with 2 views of Brussels underlaid to restore a (mostly marg.) tear, some ff. mounted on guards, some scrawls in black ink in marg. of pp. 1, 24, 25, light brown stain on view 46 in chapter Brussels, some spotting).
Contemp. vellum, spine with raised bands and label, red edges (flyleaves and endpapers renewed, sl. soiled, label faded).
Dutch translation of "Le grand theatre profane du Duché de Brabant" (same year and place) by Le Roy. This is a very nice iconography of the castles in Brabant and deals with the regions of Leuven, Brussels, Antwerp and 's Hertogenbosch. Ill. with 67 pl. showing 188 castles, city maps and views of the 4 above-mentioned cities, mostly printed 3 by 3 on 1 pl. This edition includes a treatise on seal rings (Verhandeling over de zegelringen).
Ref. BB III:857-858. - STCN.