Hugo Franciscus van Heussen – Kerkelijke Historie en Outheden der Zeven Vereenigde Provincien – 1726

200Hugo Franciscus van Heussen / Hendrik van Rijn – Kerkelijke Historie en Oudheden der Zeven Vereenigde Provincien – Volume III – Leiden, 1726Impressive large folio volume from the monumental Kerkelijke Historie en Oudheden der Zeven Vereenigde Provincien, written by Hugo Franciscus van Heussen and translated, enlarged and continued by Hendrik van Rijn.Published in Leiden in 1726 by Dirk Haak, Samuel Luchtmans and Johannes Arnoldus Langerak.This is Volume III, devoted to the ecclesiastical history and antiquities of important parts of South Holland, including Leiden and Rijnland, Delft and Delfland, The Hague, Schieland and the surrounding region.A particularly attractive feature of this volume is its extensive engraved illustration. The book contains 11 engraved plates/illustrations, including a large folding engraved portrait. The engravings depict churches, monasteries, religious institutions and other historically important buildings and monuments.Among the subjects shown are the Oude Gasthuis, the Dominican monastery and the ruins of the Carthusian monastery, together with numerous other architectural and topographical subjects.The large folding portrait is bound at page 639.The other engravings occur at pages 627, 718, 726, 757, 760, 803, 820, 903, 930 and 958.All 11 illustrations belonging to this volume are present.The volume contains several separately titled sections; consequently some internal title pages... lees verder bij Catawiki