Histoire générale des Pais-Bas, contenant la description des XVII Provinces. Édition nouvelle [...].

Brussels, Fr. Foppens, 1720

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4 vol., 8vo: front.-[26]-355, front.-[10]-390, front.-[10]-399, front.-[10]-392 pp. (browning, some spotting, soiling and dampstaining, some pl. with tiny tears and a few loosening or loose).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. spines with raised bands and labels (corners and turn-ins sl. rubbed).

Sixth edition of this topographical work. Ill. with 4 frontispieces and 144 plates, mostly folding, by Harrewijn or P. Devel, depicting maps, city views, monuments, churches, etc.
Ref. De le Court p. 312 sq. - STCV.
Joined: Chapeaville, Jean - Qui gesta Pontificum Tungrensium, Traiectensium, et Leodiensium scripserunt [...]. Liège, Chr. Ouwerx, 1612-1616. 3 vol., 8vo : [48 (of 56)]-434-52-[72], [44 (of 68)]-658-[49], [32]-680-[61] pp. (quire aaa of vol. I and quire *2, c and f of vol. II missing, sl. browning, some spotting and soiling, tiny marg. worm tracks, pp. 27-30 of vol. II loose). 18th-c. mottled calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands and labels, spr. edges (rubbed, joints sl. loosening, spines varnished). Ref. De Theux 55. - DBS I:1866:1. Prov. Léon Lahaye (1857-1943), archivist (armorial bookpl.). - L. Moorthamers (bookseller ticket). (7 vol.)