Brabantia illustrata, continens accuratissimam omnium Castellorum et Praetoriorum nobilium Brabantiae, nec non Celebrium Coenobiorum [...] = Le Brabant illustré [...] = Verheerlijkt Brabant [...] [bound with] L'Erection de toutes les terres, seigneuries & familles titrées du Brabant.

2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [7]-142 ff., [6]-108 pp. (f. 70 bound before ff. 66-67, minor soiling at f. 53, tiny wormtrack at upper part of text at quires T-Bb of second part underlaid).

Mod. blind-stamped leather "à l'antique", spine with 7 raised bands (discoloured). Good uncut copy with large margins.

Beautiful trilingual re-issue of the famous "Castella & praetoria nobilium Brabantiae" (1699) by Le Roy. Engr. ill.: mark on title, 6 double-page maps (the Duchy of Brabant (twice, at the beginning of each part), and each of the 4 districts Leuven, Brussels, Antwerp, 's-Hertogenbosch), 1 double-page city view of Antwerp, 12 double-page and 3 full-page pl., 4 half-page views, 2 folding plano pl. (Antwerp Cathedral and the tower of Mechelen Cathedral) and 192 small views of castles, mansions, parks, churches, abbeys etc. in Brabant, all with a short description & coat of arms of the owners. The illustrations are made by Harrewijn, L. Vorsterman Jr., de Bruijn, van Croes, van Weerden etc. Title in red and black.
Ref. BB III:584:L-109. - STCN. - Not in BL.