De Bello Belgico. Ad Alexandrum Farnesium serenissiumum Parmae & Placentiae principem.

ORSI, Aurelio

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Lot description

Perugia, A. Bresciano, 1586

4to: [19] ff. (contemp. notes on final p.).

Mod. boards, flat spine with gilt morocco label. Good copy.

Rare first edition of the Latin epic poem "De bello Belgico" in praise of Alexander Farnese and his conquest of Antwerp in 1585 by the Italian humanist Aurelio Orsi (c. 1547-1591). Woodcut mark on title; a different one at the end.
Ref. EDIT16 23192. - Not in Adams, Oberlé, STC Italian (BL).
Prov. Gottfried Eichorn (1603-1667), "Landessyndicus" in Liegnitz (acquisition note dated Rome 1635 on title).