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[Leuven] DIVEAUS, Petrus Opera varia: scilicet Rerum Lovaniensium libri IV. Annalium ejusdem oppidi libri VIII [...]. De Galliae Belgicae antiquitatibus [...] [and] NUENARIUS, Hermannus - De Gallia Belgica commentariolus [...] [and] ORTELIUS, Abraham & VIVIANUS, Johannes - Itinerarium. Leuven, H. Vander Haert, 5 parts in 1 vol., folio: [front.-16]-[4]-[2]-[2]-22-[pp. Contemp. richly gilt decor. calf, double gilt flower border on covers (corners sl. rubbed), gilt orn. spine on 7 raised bands (upper joint splitting), gilt sides, gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Nice large paper copy. First edition of the collected works of the Brabant historian P. Divaeus (1535-1581), incl. his history of Leuven and its important families, as well as archaeological works on Southern Belgium by himself, Nuenarius, Ortelius and Vivianus. Engr. ill.: nice frontisp. with small author's portrait by A. van Campen, double-page folding map of "Nova Gallia Belgica", 8 plates with coats of arms of Leuven families (6 full-page, 2 double-page or folding, 1 signed Catoir). Title in red & black. Text in 2 col. Ref. STCV. - BL. - BnF. Prov. H. Vanden Block, G. Bengesco (i.e. Romanian diplomat and man of letters), Quarré-Reybourbon (i.e. French historian, archaeologist, folklorist and collector) (3 diff. bookpl.).