[FRICX, George] Description de la ville de Bruxelles. Brussels Georges Fricx 1743 In-12 : [6]-232-[1] pp; 20 h.-t. (slight browning). Contemporary blond calf, spine gilt with fleurons, red leather title-piece (small lack at one head, corners dull). Original edition made "in haste, one avoids it" and which is only a "draft" of a more "extensive & chastened" work in which "one will rectify [the faults] in the continuation" (notice on the back of the title). Dated engraved frontispiece, arms of the dedicatee Charles de Lorraine engraved on copper. The work will be republished several times and then illustrated (s.d., 1782 and 1789). Most of the editions of the original edition are enriched with about fifteen plates. Ours has 20 (some folded): 17 portraits (sovereigns, governors general, Egmont and Hornes...) and the 3 plates usually found (Manneken Pis, Saint Gudula, altar of the Blessed Sacrament). Reference De le Court 317. Bound with, as for all good copies. Description of the city of Aachen, Malmedi, Stavelo and the town of Spa. Brux, A. d'Ours, [1743], [2]-48 pp. Ref. De le Court 317 (does not resolve the anonymity). - De Theux 1393 (id.). Jointly, 5 uncommon in-8° books on Brussels (modest ex., some incomplete, browned paper, wetness, stains, tears to some plates): 1. Rombaut, J.-A. - Bruxelles illustrée [...]. Brux, Pauwels, 1777-1779. 2 t. in 1 vol. Half calf leather of the 19th c. (rubbed). Ill. of 10 (of 19) plates, mostly folded. Prov. "L DR." (stamp).-- 2. Other ex. in 2 mismatched volumes, one in 19th c. boards, the other in half-chagrin mod. Ill. of 17 (of 19) plates -- 3. [Dujardin-Sailly] - Chronological history of Brussels and its inhabitants [...]. S.l., s.n., 1790. (A few holes in the last 2 pages, partly restored). 19th century half-percaline boards. Ref. de Le Court 473. Prov. baron E. de Thysebaert (ex-libris) -- 4. the faithful guide, containing the description of the city of Brussels [...]. Brux, J. Moris; Jos. Ermens, [c. 1791]. (Some mss annotations). Enriched with 2 engravings from the 19th c. (castles of Gaasbeek and Beersel), 1 pen drawing (on flyleaf) of the castle of Beersel after restoration, 1 epigraphic note with tombstone record (Henri de Withem), 1 f. of ms table. Ref. De Le Court 514 (ed. 1761; does not identify the anonymous). Prov. Baron E. de Thysebaert (bookplate) -- 5. Mann, Theodore Augustin - Abrégé de l'histoire ecclésiastique, civile et naturelle de la ville de Bruxelles et de ses environs [...]. Brux, Lemaire, 1785. 3 vols. in 2 volumes (incomplete with plates; some pencil scribbles, bicotations to titles). Original edition. The number of plates varies but is generally around 6. Ours has only one folding table h.t. UniCat. (7 works in 8 vols.)