Opera varia scilicet rerum Lovaniensium libri IV. Annalium ejusdem oppidi libri VIII [...] De Galliae Belgicae Antiquitatibus [...] Hermanni Nuenarii de Gallia Belgica commentariolus [...] Abr. Ortelii et Joh. Viviani Itinerarium. Cum accuratissimo rerum memorabilium Indice. [...].

5 parts in 1 vol., folio: [front.-16]-124, 112, [4]-18, [2]-12, [2]-22-[24] pp. (front. and title somewhat spotted, half title part 4 wrongly bound, stain on the outer margin of last two pl.).

19th-c. half sheep, marbled paper on covers, gilt orn. flat spine (head and tail def.), white leather title label, blue edges.

First edition of the collected works of the Brabant historian P. Divaeus (1535-1581), incl. his history of Leuven and its important families, as well as archaeological works on Southern Belgium by Divaeus himself, Nuenarius, Ortelius and Vivianus. Engr. ill.: nice front. with small author's portrait by A. van Campen, double-page folding map of "Nova Gallia Belgica", 8 plates with coats of arms of Leuven families (6 full-page, 2 double-page or folding, 1 signed Catoir), 2 extra pl. "Lambertus comes fundator huius aecclesie" and "Ludovicus Van Den Steene" both by van Campen. Title in red & black. Text in 2 col.
Ref. STCV. - BL. - BnF.