Live auction - Lot 927
[Netherlands - History]
Oorspronck ende voortganck vande Nederlantsche oorloghen ofte waerachtighe historie vande voornaemste geschiedenissen inde Nederlanden ende elders [...].
Arnhem, J. van Biesen, 1633
€ 180 / 220
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Lot description
Sm. folio: [22]-791 (i.e. 792)-[8] pp., 26 engr. (min. soiling, min. fox., err. pag., pp. 61, 327, 345, 434 and 692 with damage; page num. p. 284 handwritten, lower marg. title page shortened).
Contemp. calf, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, leather title label, red edges (rubbed, worn and used).
Second edition (1st 1626) of this excellent impartial historiographical report of grosso modo the second half of the 16th c. by senior officer Van Reyd (1550-1602). Decorated with an engraved title, a beautiful portrait of the author by J. Muller after J.J. Pontanus and 24 in-text engr. depicting all important figures related to Dutch history.
Ref. NNBW V:594-595. - STCN 83138624X. - USTC 1026934.
Prov. Coll. stamp. - C. Van Bavière (bookplate). - Mod. bookplate.