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69 3171 Foppens J F 69 3171 Foppens J F 69/3171 Foppens, J.F. Bibliotheca Belgica, sive virorum in Belgio vitâ, scriptisque illustrium catalogus, librorumque nomenclatura. Brussels, P. Foppens, 1739, 2 vols., (2),XXXXI,(3),600; (2),(601)-1233p., 144 engr. portraits (9x fold.) by E. DE BOULONOIS, F. HARREWIJN, N. DE LARMESSIN a.o., 2 headpieces, contemp. unif. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece, 4to. - Without the binder's index (as usual; photocopy supplied in both vols.); most fold. portraits w. closed tear(s) (occas. large); portraits partly yellowed, occas. sl. browned; both vols. w. vague library stamp on second blank. Bindings rubbed along extremities. = Besterman 710; Petzholdt, p.367; Bibl. Belg. III, F5; Winchell AA 376; Zischka p.148; Graesse II, p.613: "Les planches des portraits employés dans ce livre avaient déjà servi pour les Elogia belgica de Miraeus et pour l'Académie de Bullart (...)". Contains portraits of i.a. R. Dodonaeus, A. van Dyck, D. Erasmus, H. Goltzius, H. Grotius, D. Heinsius, A. Ortelius, C. Plantijn, J.J. Scaliger and A.M. Schuermans.