Notitia marchionatus Sacri Romani Imperii, hoc est urbis et agri Antverpiensis [...].

Folio: [4]-504-[4] pp. (a few sm. tears rep., occ. sm. tear in centerfold, local browning, a few pl. cut a bit short).

Old sheep (rubbed, some sm. def., corners bumped), covers with gilt-ruled frames and corner ornaments, gilt spine with 5 raised bands (head & tail def.). Good copy.

First edition of this important topographical work on the marquisate of Antwerp by J. Le Roy (1633-1719). Engr. title by A. van Diepenbeeck with on verso the engr. "schema metallorum", typographic title mentioning the availability at Albertus Magnus's, 11 full-page pl. showing mostly funeral monuments, 18 double-page or folding pl. of which 2 maps, 2 city maps (Antwerp, Breda), views of Antwerp Cathedral and the Jesuit church, and funeral monuments, monasteries, castles i.a. "Monasteri S. Michaelis abbati", "Cartusiam Liranam", "Castrum toparchiae de Broechem", "Tungerloa", "Turnhout celebre Taxandriae municipium", "Corsendonca", etc. and 55 smaller pl. on 44 pp. showing views of Berchem, Schilde, Schoten, Wijnegem, Corsendonk, Grobbendonk, Westerlo, Westmalle, Hoogstraten, Hoboken, Monkhoven, Burcht, Turnhout, Boom, etc. With +/- 150 ill. in-text depicting coats of arms or ill. of tombs.
Ref. BB III:831/838:L-102. - STCN (i.a. BL).
Joined: Tables alphabétiques pour servir à l'ouvrage du Baron Le Roy, intitulé: Notitia marchionatus Sacri Romani Imperii [...]. On y a joint une liste de toutes les figures, images & planches, que l'on y doit trouver pour avoir cet ouvrage complet, & dont il y en a quelques-unes qui sont sujets à manquer. The Hague, s.n.; Brussels, J. Ermens, 1781. Folio: [2]-8-[1-1 bl.] pp. Loose as issued. Very rare and mostly not present. With list mentioning all 84 pl. we have in our copy.