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[Antwerp - Sanitation] VAN LANGREN, Michael Florentinus Bewys van de alderbequaemste en profytelykste inventie, om de overtreffelyke en vermaerde koop-stad van Antwerpen te verlossen van de pestige en ongesonde locht, komende uyt de vuyle verrotte en stinkende ruyen [...]. Brussels, G. Scheybels, 4to: pp. + 1 f. with woodcut map (missing blank Ctoned). Gilt-titled artificial leather. Good copy. Rare proposal by the engineer Van Langren (1598-for the sanitation of the Antwerp canals. Texts in Dutch and French. Ref. BB II:676:L-(note). - STCV. Bound with: By-voegsel ofte Verklaeringe [...]. S.l., s.d., A polemic against the goldsmith Ambr. van Schoor on the accusation of plagiarism. 18th-c. repr. with orthographic variants.