Shelfmark
Fp.8.01
Author
Title
ValerI Andreae DesselI I.C. Bibliotheca Belgica: : de Belgis vita scriptisq. claris. praemissa topographica Belgii totius seu Germaniae Inferioris descriptione.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Bibliotheca Belgica
Edition
Editio renovata, & tertiâ parte auctior.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lovanii, : Typis Iacobi Zegers, M.DC.XLIII. [1643]
Physical description
[16], 110, [22], 900 p. : ill. ; 21 cm (4to).
Note
Head- and tail- pieces; initials.
Note
Includes indexes.
Note
Signatures: *-2*⁴ A-O⁴ a-b⁴ c² ²A-5V⁴ 5X².
Note
"ValerI Andreae DesselI I.C. Bibliotheca Belgica: quae viros in Belgio vitâ scriptisq́ue illustres continet, & librorum nomenclaturam" has divisional half-title on leaf a1 recto and begins new pagination and register.
Note
Title-page printed in red and black.
Note
Engraved title-page vignette (device?) with motto "Cate et caute".
Note
With a full-page engraving ("P. Rucholle. f.") bearing the arms of Francis Kinschot, baron de Rivière to whom the book is dedicated, on title-page verso verso.
Note
Most of the material was incorporated in Foppens' "Bibliotheca Belgica", 1739.
Citation/references note
Graesse, I, 120
Provenance
Inscription on t.p. of Ralph Widdrington (1614/15-1688).
Provenance
Donation inscription on t.p. :Dedit Colle. Eton: Henr. Godolphin STP ejusd[em] Colli. Praep: 1731.
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
17th century sprinkled calf; blind tooled double fillet border with second vertical line an inch from spine; gold tooled single fillet on board edges; blind tooled single fillet on spine; black morocco spine label with gold tooled lettering; sixteenth century binders' waste visible; red and brown sprinkled edges; four raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Index of Belgian names included is bound after the prefatory material, so that the signatures of this copy are: *-2*4, a-b4, c2, A-O4, 2A-5V4, 5X2.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Ck.5.16, Gk.3.2.
Subject
Belgium Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Subject
Belgium Bio-bibliography Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Zegers, Jacobus, fl. 1634 - 1643 printer.
Added entry--name
Rucholle, Peeter, 1618 - 1647 engraver.
Added entry--name
Widdrington, Ralph, 1614 or 15 - 1688 former owner.
Added entry--name
Godolphin, Henry, 1648 - 1733 former owner.
Added entry--place
Belgium Louvain.
Identifier
B45768