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Door Verscheide Liefhebbers en Kenners der Nederlandsche Oudheden. Delft: The Author 1729. Folio. Orig. full old calf (slightly rubbed). Spine gilt with raised bands and morocco titling-label. (xxii 132 xiii 131-804 14pp.). With engrv. allegorical frontispiece title-page printed in red/black ink with large vignette coat of arms 1 full-page engrv. dedication leaf 1 double-page and 1 folding plan of Delft surrounded by new fortifications a very large folding panoramic view of the city (measuring 125 x 25cm.) 1 full-page plate 17 double-page plates and some interesting woodcut vignettes. First and only edition of this important description of the City of Delft. A most magnificent work on one of the major cities in Holland. On the verso of the half-title page is a poem by Hendrik Schim explaining the frontispiece. An excellent complete copy.