Le Roy, Jacques. Castella & praetoria nobilium Brabantiae, coenobiaque celebriora, ad vivum delineata, inquatuor partes divisa: complectens agrum Lovaniensem, Bruxellensem, Antverpiensem, et Sylvae-Ducensem.

€ 9.500,00

Fourth, expanded edition of this monumental suite of views showing the chateaux, abbeys, and cities of the Belgian province of Brabant, all finely engraved by G. Bouttats, H. Cause, J. Harrewijn, J. Meyssens, L. Vorsterman, R. Whitehand, and others, after F. Bauduin, W. Hollar, J. van Croes and J. van Werden. Includes a general map of Brabant (from Janssonius/Waesbergen) and four detail maps of the various parts (Louvain, Bruxelles, Antwerp, and Bois-le-Duc). Descriptive text in Latin, French, and Dutch. Among the large-scale plates are a plan of Antwerp and a view of the cathedral, St. Michael's Monastery, Eelwijt Castle, etc. Includes, as common, the author's separately published "Érection du Brabant", extracts from the letters patent granting the establishment of the various nobles' seigneuries.

Some slight waterstaining and brownstaining to margins. Dedication and map of the Louvain area loose with some edge flaws; large tears to the folding views of the Groenendael Priory and of Tongerlo Abbey. Binding rubbed and stained. Most views clean and crisp, in good, well-defined impressions. In all a good copy of this much-sought collection of views.