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

Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. Moretus, wid. J. Moretus [= Maria de Sweert] & J. Meursius), 1632

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3 parts in 2 vol., folio (text n.c., 1 portrait missing, occ. spotting).

Contemp. calf, gilt-ruled rolls frame on boards, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, gilt sides and inner dentelles, sp. edges (joints rubbed).

First edition of this extensive history of Brabant (615-1623), with special attention to the recent period of the Dutch Revolt, by Haraeus (1550-1632), professor of rhetoric in Douai, later canon at Leuven. Engr. ill.: 2 nice allegoric titles by C. Galle and L. Vorsterman after Rubens and 43 fine full-page portraits of i.a. Dukes of Brabant, Princes of the former Low Countries, and Albert & Isabella. Woodcut printer's mark at the end of vol. 1.
Ref. Funck 328. - Matagne H-19. - Judson-Van de Velde 51-52. - De boekillustratie ten tijde van de Moretussen, 37a-c. - STCV.