Live auction - Lot 1216
[Antwerp]
De vetustissima Brabanticae gentis origine, sive Brabantiados libri V. Eiusdem Urbis Antverpiae encomium.
BARLAEUS, Melchior
€ 450 / 600
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Lot description
Antwerp, G. Coppens van Diest, 12 January 1562
8vo: [87] ff. (final blank missing; some very minor toning or spotting).
Mod. marbled boards. Very good copy.
Original edition (repr. 1600) of a humanist praise of Brabant and Antwerp in elegant Latin verses by the Neo-Latin poet M. Barlaeus (ca. 1540-1584). Suitably printed in italics.
Ref. BT 252. - Machiels B-99. - STC Dutch 17. - Pettegree NB 3124. - Not in Adams, Oberlé.
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