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Belgium - Flanders] - SANDERUS, Antonius - Flandria illustrata, sive Provinciae ac comitatus hujus descriptio (...). Cum figuris aeneis. The Hague, C. Van Lom, 1732-1735, 3 vol., large folio, mod. shagreen (some sm. rubbings), spines on 6 raised bands, [36]-394-[9], [2]-470-[13] pp. (some minor spotting and browning, title pages somewhat soiled, some wormholes in the 1st part, one pl. in part 3 underlaid). Good copy.
Second, more complete edition (1st 1641-1644) of the most important topographical work on Flanders by Sanderus (1586-1664). Engr. ills by J. Harrewyn en Blokhuysen : 3 title-vign. by D. Coster, coat-of-arms of H.J. van Susteren, initial, 90 portraits (64, 26), 17 maps (3, 4, 10), 20 city-plans and 135 plates depicting towns and villages, abbeys and castles in Flanders. Among the engraved town views are those of Ghent, Nieuwpoort, Bruges and Ypres. Titles in red & black. Ref. B.B. V 36-41 S-212. Ghellinck Vaernewyck 1279. STCN (1).