[Brabant] Haraeus, F. Annales Ducum seu Principum Brabantiae totiusque Belgii

Antwerp. B. Moretus and V.I. Moretus, ex Officina Plantiniana, 1623. 3 parts in 2 vols. (36),707,(116); (8),678,(117) p., w. 2 engr. title-p. by C. Galle and L. Vorsterman after P.P. Rubens, 44 full-p. engr. portraits of the counts of Brabant, contemp. unif. vellum, folio.

Ex libris Carl Freijherr von Troilo on pastedowns, owner's inscription on half title. Ink stain to fore-edge, affecting the margin only. Hinges sl. worn. Very good set. Haraeus (Frans van der Haer) was a Catholic priest, theologian, historian and geographer. His works describe the Catholic point of view as related to the Dutch revolt against the Spanish king.