Schatkamer der Nederlandsse Oudheden; of Woordenboek, behelsende Nederlands Steden en Dorpen, Kasteelen, Sloten en Heeren Huysen, Oude Volkeren, Rievieren, Vermaarde Luyden in Staat en Oorlogh, Oudheden, Gewoontens en Lands Wysen.

8vo: [22 incl. title]-417-[13] pp.; 61 fine engr. double-page pl. (browned, sm. wormholes, 1 pl. missing).

Contemp. mottled calf, gilt-decorated spine with 5 raised bands (tr. of use, weak hinges).

2nd, enlarged ed. (1st: 1711) with annotations by Pieter Langendyk. Engr. ill.: engr. front. by J. Schynvoet, 61 folding plates by J. Schijnvoet, of which ca. 30 after the castle drawings of Roelant Roghman. The 1st ed. had 60 pl., which are all present in this copy, as well as 1 supplementary pl.: "'t Huis te Brederode, ten deele nog in welstand", after P. van Winkel. A real nobleman's guide to stately homes and castles, abbeys, monasteries, etc. Among the buildings depicted we see the Abbey of Egmond, the House Marquette, the Abbey of Rhynsburg, Het Valkenhof (Nijmegen), the castle of Muiden, Nyenrode, St. Walburgis Church (Groningen), Loevestein, etc.
Ref. STCN. - Haitsma Mulier/Vander Lem 447.