Author: Le Roy, Jacques (1633-1719); Wenceslaus (Wenzel)Hollar, Jacobus Harrewijn, Henri Cause, Gaspar Bouttats and others engravers after Lucas Vosterman, de Cröes, G. de Bruyn, A. Santvoort, R. Whitehand
Title: Castella Et Praetoria Nobilium Brabantiae Et Coenobia Celebriora Ad Vivum Delineata. [Castles, Manor Houses, Monasteries and Churches of Brabant]. First Edition
Description: Antwerp, H. Thieullier, 1694. Folio. Contemorary calf, gilt spine on raised bands, restored. 39.5 x 26.5 cm. [4 with frontisp.]-viii pp. 107 pl. of which some double-paged or folding (marg. tear pl. Genap and Carloo, pl. Rixensart part. missing, pl. "Vue et perspective de la maison et jardin du vicomte de la Vuere et Duysberg" printed on pl. Thielen).. OCLC 902323684.. First edition of the famous extensive work on the castles and manor houses, and principal monasteries and abbeys in the province of Brabant by Jacques Le Roy (1633-1719). This copy has the usual 83 full-page, double or folding plates depicting 143 views of monuments or castles, each with the coat of arms of the owners. It also comprises the often recurring 21 plates with Visscher's map of Brabant and panoramic views and plans of Antwerp, Brussels, Leuven and 's-Hertogenbosch., it also includes: several plates by Wenceslaus Hollar (Pennington nos. 824, 850, 886, 894) incl. Antwerp Cathedral, Groenendael Abbey; Rothendael Abbey, Tongerloo; Antverpien turris ecclesiae cathedralis. Engraved by Gillis Hendricx. - 2. Le chateau de l'anciene famille de Spangen en Hollande. - 3. Conventus FF. Minorum S. Francisci Capucinorum extractus Bruxellis. In addition this copy has the frontispiece after Abraham van Diepenbeke, the "schema metallorum" for the identification of the coat of arms. Plates are engraved by Jacobus Harrewijn, Henri Cause, Gaspar Bouttats and others after Lucas Vosterman, de Cröes, G. de Bruyn, A. Santvoort, R. Whitehand. Ref. BB III:842-847. .

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