Notitia Marchionatus Sacri Romani Imperii, hoc est Urbis et agri Antverpiensis, oppidorum, dominiorum, monasteriorum, castellorumque [...].

Folio: [6, incl. engr. title]-504-[2] pp. (missing: typographic title and dedication to Charles II with engr. arms pasted at top of the page and another "schema metallorum" on verso; Yy wrinkled and sl. def., some browning).

Contemp. calf, gilt-ruled and gilt-stamped frame on covers, gilt orn. flat spine, marbled edges (spine restored, corners rubbed and bumped).

First edition of this important topographical work on the marquisate of Antwerp by J. Le Roy (1633-1719). Ill. with an engr. title by A. van Diepenbeeck with on verso the engr. "schema metallorum", 11 full-page pl. showing mostly funeral monuments, 16 double-page or folding pl. with views of the Jesuit church, and funeral monuments, monasteries, castles i.a. "Monasteri S. Michaelis abbati", "Cartusiam Liranam", "Castrum toparchiae de Broechem", "Cleydael", "Tungerloa", "Turnhout celebre Taxandriae municipium", "Corsendonca", etc., 1 (of 2) maps "Marchionatus Sacri Romani Imperii", 2 city plans (Antwerp, Breda) and 50 smaller pl. showing views of Berchem, Duffel, Schoten, Wijnegem, Pluysegem, Grobbendonk, Westerlo, Westmalle, Hoogstraten, Hoboken, Bouchaut, Burcht, Turnhout, Boom, etc. +/- 150 ill. in-text depicting coats of arms or ill. of tombs.
Ref. BB III:831-838:L-102. - STCN (i.a. BL).
Prov. John Waldie (armorial bookpl. on pastedown). - Libr. label. - "Bibliotheca Heberina", i.e. the famous Heber collection publicly sold in the 19th c. (stamp).