Author: AZEVEDO COUTINHO y BERNAL J.F.A.F. - [ ] Famille De Corten - Dismas de BRIALMONT - Louis de BRIALMONT :
Title: Table Généalogique de la Famille de Corten Patrons Laicqs des Canonicats de l'Eglise Collegiale de Notre Dame au delà de la Dyle à Malines avec quelques pièces y annexe'es touchant l'erection du Chapitre &c.....on joint...la liste des Prévots, Doyens, et Chanoines....
Description: Louvain ( Leuven) , chez Jean Jacobs,rüe de Tirlemont, 1753, in-folio, 40 x 24 cm . (38) nn pp (historical text) + double page plate of the church + full page engraved portrait of Dismas de Briamont + (12) nn pp (lists of priests etc.) + (32) nn pp (sepulchral inscriptions) + 12 full page engraved plates , ills. of tombstones. ( complete as such). Bound in modern boards, Title label on front cover. The last 10 leaves are damaged by waterstains, more so at the very last 2 lvs. The last plate of a tomstone has been augmented ( corrected ?) by a 19th c. hand indicating the burial place of Leopoldine van Diepenbeeck - Bonheiden 28 october 1838. The family De Corten (alias de Brialmont ) participated at the installation of a Chapter of the Holy Mary in the church of O.L.V. over de Dijle. Dismas Brialmont (Mechelen 1574 - Mechelen 1652) was the first dean ( proost) of the Chapter. This publication contains exhaustive information on the history of the church and the noble families of Mechelen which belonged to the chapter. Rare publication. The copy presented on ''google-books'' (from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek) does not contain the last 2 leaves ( additions & corrections).. .

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