Oorsprongh Van De Kercke Van Laken by HENNIN, Quentin. d. 1703 - 1704

Bruxelles: E. Dams, 1704. Half-vellum and marbled boards, edges sprinkled red. Popular history of Our Lady of Laeken, originally a small chapel constructed in the 9th century, which became an important place of worship by the mid-1200s. Curate of Laeken, Hennin cites and reproduces inscriptions and documents, mines sources, repeats legends and dwells on the miraculous. The final third of the book concerns the church in the 17th century. In good condition, bookticket of the Mechelen collector H. Dierickx. ¶Bemelmans, "François Pleke et l'histoire de Notre-Dame de Laeken" in Revue des bibliothèques et archives de Belgique 2 (1904) 109-116; Bibliotheca catholica neerlandica impressa 15332; STCV 7056004.