Le voyage du prince Don fernando Infant d’Espagne, depuis le douziéme d’Auril de l’an 1632. [...] jusques au jour de son entrée en la ville de Bruxelles le quatriéme du mois de Novembre de l’an 1634. Traduict de l’espagnol [...] par Iule Chifflet [...].

Antwerp, J. Cnobbaert, 1635

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4to: [18]-204 pp. (sl. toned, some minor soiling).

Mod. overl. vellum, flat spine. Good copy.

French translation by Jules Chifflet (1610-1676) of the Spanish report of the military activities of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609-1641) up to the Battle of Nördlingen (1634) and his triumphal entry in Brussels. Engr. front. after P.P. Rubens and Marinus van der Goes. Folding engr. portrait and view of the Battle of Nördlingen. Full-page allegorical engr. (facing p. 70).
Ref. Landwehr (Splendid ceremonies) 89. - Judson/VdVelde (Rubens) 71. - VdWulp 2295. - STCV.
Prov. Old entries on verso of title.