Abrégé de l'histoire ecclésiastique civile et naturelle de la ville de Bruxelles et de ses environs [...].

3 parts in 2 vol., 8vo, pls. mounted on cloth, viii-271-[1], [4]-201-[1], [2]-95-[1] pp. (pls spotted and with marg. tear, 3 corners missing without loss of text, light marg. water stain in 2nd vol.).

Half bound in grained calf with marbled paper boards, gilt back, marbled edges (very sl. used).

First edition of this standardwork on Brussels from the hand of Theodore Augustine Mann (1735-1809), an English naturalist and historian and member of the Imperial Academy of Brussels. Illustrated with 6 engraved plates, including: a topographic plan of Brussels by Valluet (1835), a map of the surroundings of Brussels (1834) including the order of battle at Waterloo, a small engr. illustrating "Manneken-Pis", the statue of Charles of Lorraine, a road map from 1785, a table "Dénombrement des habitans de Bruxelles en 1783", a view on the Parc, constructed between 1776 and 1783 on the site of the gardens of the former Coudenberg palace, a topographic map showing the entry from Antwerp with the canal to Willebroek and the hamlet of "Les Trois Fontaines" where the barge ended. The first part describes the chronological history, the second part describes the present state and the third concerns the natural history. Ref. Conlon 85:1521.