Antique Print-COAT OF ARMS-OFFICIALS-BRABANT-GOVERNMENT-CONSEIL-Butkens-1724

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Armoires des President, Conseillers, Greffiers, Substitut Procureur General, et Secretaires qui composent actuellement le Grand Conseil de sa Majest?. – Large sheet with Coat of arms of officials active at the time in the Grand Conseil of Brabant. Rear blank. These include: van Volden, de Coriache, de Smet, Gielis, Keijaerts, van Dults (? in manuscript), Courtois, de Lassault, de Decker, Pattijn, Kahnn, o Donnoghue, de St. Vaast, de Wapenaert, Otte, Bervoet de Potter, van Ertborn, de Robiano, de la Motte, de Coulx, Spillebout, van der Linden, Keijaerts, de Broijer.

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‘Armoires des President, Conseillers, Greffiers, Substitut Procureur General, et Secretaires qui composent actuellement le Grand Conseil de sa Majest?.’

Etching and engraving. on hand laid (verg?) paper.
Sheet size: 44,5 x 38 cm. (17,5 x 15 inch). Image size: 42 x 35 cm. (16,5 x 13,8 inch).

This original old antique print / plate originates from: ‘Trophees tant sacres que profanes du Duche de Brabant …’, by F. Christophre Butkens, published in The Hague by Chretien van Lom, 1724-1726. This is the second and most lavish edition of this work with many copperplate engravings as oposed to the first edition with mostly woodcuts. This is an important work on history and genealogy of the Duchy of Brabant, which covers part of Belgium and the Netherlands. Author: Christophorus Butkens (1591-1650), a Belgian Cisterian Monk born in Antwerp, known for his wealth of historic information but containg some errors herin as well.

Made by an anonymous engraver after ‘Christophorus Butkens’.

Condition: Good, given age. Original folding as issued from binding. Left bottom corner remargined. One coat of arms in middle left, cut out and replaced with manuscript addition. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: COAT OF ARMS-OFFICIALS-BRABANT-GOVERNMENT-CONSEIL

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Dimensions 38 × 44 × 1 cm

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