Diepenbeeck, Abraham van ; Bauduin, F. ; Bouttats, Gaspar ; Cause, Hendrik ; Werden, Jacob van ; Harrewijn, Jacobus ; van Croes, Jacques ; Hollar, Wenceslaus

LE ROY, Jacques Castella & praetoria nobilium Brabantiae, coenobiaque celebriora [...]. Châteaux et maisons de campagne, des gentilshommes du Brabant, et les monastères les plus remarquables [...]. Kasteelen en heeren huysen der edelen van Brabant, mitsgaders de voornaamste klossters [...]. Leiden P. vander Aa 1699 Folio: [8]-142 ff. (first endpaper, half-title, last f. and some plates reinforced, some small tears, some soiling, marg. spotting, occ. plates sl. browned, plate of Villers-la-Ville cut short, sm. wormholes in the beginning). Old half red morocco, 19th-c. marbled paper covers, gilt-titled spine with 5 raised bands (rubbed, lower hinge broken). Third ed. of this iconographic publication showing the castles and monasteries of Brabant. Trilingual Latin-French-Dutch printing. Illustrations: nice front. engraved by A. van Diepenbeeck, identical to the front. of previous ed.; engr. dedication to the "Staten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden"; 6 double-page maps (the Duchy of Brabant, each of the 4 districts and Antwerp); some 205 beautiful views of castles and leisure places, churches, abbeys and convents (single, double or folding; cancellans plate pasted on f. 34); and the "schema metallorum" on f. 7v. Etchings by G. Bouttats, H. Cause, J. Harrewijn, etc. after F. Bauduin, W. Hollar, J. van Croes, and J. van Werden, etc. Ref. BB III:852-854:L108. - BnF. - STCN 832271780.