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797 [Belgium - Brabant]
-
SANDERUS, Antonius
- Chorographia sacra Brabantiae, sive celebrium
aliquot in ea provincia abbatiarum, coenobiorum, monasteriorum, ecclesiarum, piarumque
fundationum descriptio (...) imaginibus aeneis illustrata. Tomus primus [- tertius]. The Hague, Chr.
van Lom, 1726-1727, 3 vol., folio, cont. mottled calf (skilfully repaired, new marbled endpapers,
sl. rubbed), richly gilt spines on 7 raised bands with red & green labels, [10]-569-[1], [2]-370-[2],
[2]-385-[1] pp. (some minor soiling or thumbing). Good set.
€ 1200/1800
2nd ed. (1st 1656-1666) of this profusely illustrated topographical work most valuable on account
of the changes (cp. 1st ed.) to a number of plates (most of the new pls are differently oriented).
Engr.
ills
: front.
portrait
of Sanderus,
3 title-vign
. by D. Coster, 1 headpiece with
portrait and coat-of-
arms of the dedicatee
Maria Elisabetha by F. v. Bleyswyck,
5 full-page pl.
depicting i.a. Our Lady
of Montaigu and Archduke Leopold William kneeling before the Virgin of Alsemberg,
61 double-
page plates
showing abbeys, monasteries, convents, Marian devotional places, including Affligem,
Antwerp, Averbode, Brussels, Grimbergen, Louvain, Mechelen, Tongerlo, Villers, etc. and
50 ills in
text
depicting coat-of-arms of monasteries and their abbots or saints. General title in red & black.
Text in 2 cols.
Ref.
B.B. V:64-68 S-216. STCN (i.a. BL).
798 [Belgium - Brabant]
-
SANDERUS, Antonius
- Chorographia sacra Brabantiae, sive celebrium
aliquot in ea provincia ecclesiarum et coenobiorum descriptio (...). Brussels, P. Vleugart, 1658-1660,
23 parts in 1 vol., folio, later old vellum (some soiling, heavy browning & foxing throughout, some ff.
loose or loosening, marg. tear on t.-p.), gilt titled spine on 6 raised bands. Good copy.
€ 1000/1500
23 parts in
1st edition
of this profusely illustrated topographical work.
Engr. ills:
23 title-vign.,
12
ills in text
,
1
(of 7)
full-page
and
24 double-page or folding pl.
by
L. Vorsterman
showing abbeys,
monasteries, convents, Marian devotional places, including Affligem, Brussels, Antwerp, Louvain,
Averbode, Grimbergen, Villers, etc.; numerous tailpcs. Engr. portrait of Sanderus loosely inserted.
The stock of a 2nd vol. was completely destroyed during the bombardment of Brussels in 1695,
only 5 or 6 copies survived. Title in red & black. Armorial bookpl. on endpaper Ed. Houitte de la
Chesnais.
Ref.
B.B. V 49-64 S-215. STCN (i.a. 1 at BL).
799 [Belgium - Enghien/Edingen]
- [
Pleasure gardens of Enghien near Brussels
]. [Amsterdam],
Nicolaas Visscher, c. 1685, 4to, obl., quarter vellum (sl. soiled), marbl. paper on covers, flat spine,
17 pls (endpapers heavily stained, some marg. soiling, stains - most marg. - on the last 5 pls). Good
copy.
€ 300/500
Suite of 17 copper engravings under the privilege of N. Visscher (1649-1702) by I. van Avele
(? - 1727), who made also a suite on the estate Sorgvliet near The Hague, showing a map and
the complex of the pleasure gardens of Enghien near Brussels i.a. a labyrinth with the fountain of
Amphitrite, a triumphal gate, fountains, etc.
Ref.
Thieme-Becker II, p. 272.
800 [Belgium - Flanders]
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SANDERUS, Antonius
- Flandria illustrata, sive Provinciae ac comitatus
hujus descriptio (...). Cum figuris aeneis. The Hague, C. Van Lom, 1732-1735, 3 vol., large folio,
mod. shagreen (some sm. rubbings), spines on 6 raised bands, [36]-394-[9], [2]-470-[13] pp. (some
minor spotting and browning, title pages somewhat soiled, some wormholes in the 1st part, one pl.
in part 3 underlaid). Good copy.
€ 2000/3000
Second, more complete edition (1st 1641-1644) of the most important topographical work on
Flanders by Sanderus (1586-1664).
Engr. ills
by J. Harrewyn en Blokhuysen: 3 title-vign. by D.
Coster, coat-of-arms of H.J. van Susteren, initial,
90 portraits
(64, 26),
17 maps
(3, 4, 10),
20
city-plans
and
135 plates
depicting towns and villages, abbeys and castles in Flanders. Among the
engraved town views are those of Ghent, Nieuwpoort, Bruges and Ypres. Titles in red & black.
Ref.
B.B. V 36-41 S-212. Ghellinck Vaernewyck 1279. STCN (1).
801 [Belgium - Ghent]
-
HEINS, Armand & VAN DER HAEGHEN, Victor
- La grande vue
panoramique de la ville de Gand en 1534. Reproduction de l’original en facsimilé par Armand
Heins, texte explicatif par Victor Van der Haeghen. Brussel, Institut national de géographie, [1896],