Lot 1081
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Les délices des Pais-Bas ou Description générale de ses dix-sept provinces, de ses principales villes & de ses lieux les plus renommez [...]. Édition nouvelle [...].
[CHRISTYN, Jean-Baptiste; FOPPENS, Pierre]
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Brussels, Fr. Foppens, 1700
12mo: 535 [incl. engr. title]-[13] pp.; 28 pl.
Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spine with 5 raised bands, gilt sides, gilt-decor. endpapers, sp. edges (sm. def. at head and tail).
Second edition by P. Foppens (1st ed. by J.-B. Christyn: 1697) of this nice topographical bestseller. Complete according to the table of contents with frontispiece, and 29 engr. ill. by J. Harrewijn, except "La cour de Bruxelles" by Kemnitz, incl. a folding map of the Low Countries, 21 city maps and 7 views of monuments.
Ref. De le Court 284. - STCV 7050630.
Prov. "J.B. Condeau" (ms. entry). - Ms. entry on title.