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LE ROY, Jacques

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 insi
Lugduni Batavorum
P. Vander Aa
1699
€1.200 - €1.600

2 works in 1 vol. in-folio, engrav. title-page, title-vignet, [8], 140 (on 142); [4 = catalogus librorum] leaves; [4], 108 pp, , 5 maps on double pages (small margins), 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. Cont. calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands (repaired)

Ref. BB III:852-854 (L-108). - STCN 832271780