Harrewijn, Frans

Le Grand Théâtre sacré du duché de Brabant [...]. Tome premier, contenant l'archeveché de Malines. The Hague Chr. van Lom 1729 Folio: [6]-176 pp. (some local light spotting). Contemp. marbl. calf, boards with fine gilt-rolled border frame and corner pieces, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (corners bumped, some sm. def., joints starting to split). First vol. only of the 1st French ed. of this important chorographic work on the Archbishopric of Mechelen, often wrongly attributed to Jacques le Roy. This part is on Mechelen, Leuven, Diest, Tienen, etc. Ill. with engr. pl. by Fr. Harrewijn, a.o. figuring a large folding map of the archbishopric of Mechelen, 26 funerary monuments and tombstones (some folding), 3 ff. with coats of arms, 26 views of abbeys, churches, castles and convents (mostly folding), 9 portraits of bishops and archbishops, a few in-text ill. and title-vignette. Title in red and black. Ref. BB V:T-57:319-330. - STCN.