BELGIUM -- (LE ROY, J.). Brabantia illustrata, sive Castella & Praetoria nobilium Brabantiae, coenobiaque celebriora ad vivum delineata. Pars prima & secunda. London, D. Mortier ("sub signo Erasmi"), (c. 1700). 2 parts in 1 vol. W. 2 letterpress ti. w. small woodcut portr. of Erasmus & 192 (100 & 92) engr. views (some fold.). Old marbled brds. (Spine and corners a bit rubbed, sl. browned/foxed in places).
Extremely rare London edition containing 2 series of 100 (2 folding) and 92 (5 folding) engravings by Jacobus Harrewijn, Henri Cause, Gaspar Bouttats and others after Lucas Vosterman, de Cröes, G. de Bruyn, A. Santvoort, R. Whitehand, showing castles and other houses of the Brabant nobility, as well as the great abbeys etc., compiled from the standard work of Jacques Le Roy (1633-1719), published 1697-1699.€ 800