Live auction - Lot 725

[Brabant - Genealogy]

BUTKENS, Christophe

Trophées tant sacrés que profanes du duché de Brabant [...].

The Hague, Chr. Van Lom, 1724-1726


Hammer price: € 850

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Lot description

4 vol., folio (2 of Supplement): [16, engr. title incl.]-672-235-[24], [4]-572, [4]-508, [2]-1/318-[2]-319/444-xxxiii pp.; 75 pl. (browning, some soiling and spotting, large stains on titles, vol. II with wormholes in lower margins).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. spines with raised bands, spr. edges (corners bumped, some joints part. loosing, turn-ins with def., sm. scratches on covers).

Later edition of this historical work by Butkens (1590-1650), with genealogical information on numerous Brabant families. Engr. ill.: title by M. Borrekens after A. van Diepenbeeck, title-vignettes, portrait and initial by D. Coster, portrait of Butkens by J. Harrewijn after van Diepenbeeck, 2 folding maps (Brabant, Sonian Forest), 72 engravings incl. a view of the palace in Brussels, 19 views of castles, 27 portraits, etc. and more than 500 in-text of which some full page (coat of arms, seals, funeral monuments...).
Ref. De Ghellinck 430, 454 & 1352. - Funck 287. - Brunet I:1427. - STCN.
Prov. Old ms. entries (erased). - Modern armorial stamps.

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Lot 725

Trophées tant sacrés que profanes du duché de Brabant [...].

BUTKENS, Christophe

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