Online auction - Lot 108
[Plantin Press]
Militia sacra ducum et principum Brabantiae.
Antwerp, Plantin Press (Widow Chr. Plantin & J. Moretus), [1592]
Starting bid: €
50
Hammer price: €
85
€ 100 / 150
Bidding via DrouotLot description
8vo: [40]-179-[3] pp. (engr. title trimmed to the platemark).
Old polished sheep, gilt spine with 5 raised bands (front joint split, sm. def. at head & tail).
First edition of this historical essay on the religious expeditions and wars of the Dukes of Brabant. Ill. with a beautiful engr. title featuring Moorish soldiers fighting with the Brabant lion in the centre, enclosed by 2 knights and by an upper border depicting a battle. Without the 2 folding tables.
Ref. BT 2146. - BCNI 4155. - Adams M-1559. - STC Dutch (BL) 135.
Prov. P.J. Van Heurck (ms. entry on front flyleaf).