Lot 1355
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Historia episcopatus Antverpiensis, continens episcoporum serium, et capitulorum, abbatiarum, et monasteriorum fundationes.
FOPPENS, Joannes Franciscus
€ 140 / 180
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Lot description
Brussels, Fr. Foppens, 1717
8vo: [8, incl. front.]-210-[6] pp. (some browning and spotting, some tears in the bl. margins of the fold. engr.).
Contemp. brown calf, gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands, red edges (joints sl. rubbed).
Early history of the Antwerp diocese (incl. part of present-day Noord-Brabant) and its capitular churches, abbeys and monasteries. Ill. with an engr. front. by J. Harrewijn after Champagne, 16 woodcut coat of arms in-text, 9 engr. folding pl. by J. Harrewijn or P. Devel (1) depicting 3 plans (Antwerp and Bergen-op-Zoom) and 6 views of buildings, and 12 engr. fold. portraits (one on full-page) of Antwerp bishops from "Le grand théâtre du duché de Brabant", usually not in this edition.
Ref. De le Court, p. 488. - Funck 333. - Barbier IV:1272. - Opac KBR. - STCV.
Prov. Capuchin Monastery, Leuven (ms. entry on title).