5 volumes. Titles printed in red and black. Errata leaves. Illustrated with a different allegorical frontispiece in each volume, a folding general map, 60 folding city plans, 72 folding views, and 5 other plates. Majority of the plates by J. Harrewyn. (8vo) 6¼x3¾, period calf, spines gilt in six compartments, morocco lettering- and numbering-pieces, marbled endpapers.

Lavishly illustrated guide and history encompassing Belgium and the Netherlands. The plates depict the principal town halls, cathedrals, abbeys and chateaus, many with good images of the gardens, and with contemporary figures and details. This copy with ownership signature of Cauwelier Billiau, dated 1815, on titles or frontispieces (also two earlier ownership signatures lined through on title of vol. 1).