Live auction - Lot 753
[Dutch Revolt]
Delle guerre di Fiandra libri VI [...]. Posti in luce da Gioseppe [sic] Gamurini [...] con le figure delle cose piu notabili.
Antwerp, J. Trognesius, 1609
Hammer price: €
700
€ 500 / 600
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Lot description
4to: [4 engr. title incl.]-329-[16] pp.; 29 pl. (sm. tear strenghtened and upper corner of title repaired, sl. marg. damp stain on the 2 first ff., occ. foxing, tears strengthened to some pl. and to p. 73, soiling on pp. 152-153).
Contemp. mottled calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red spr. edges (rebacked, corners repaired and repairs to edges, sl. rubbed).
First edition of a history of the Dutch Revolt in Flanders by the Italian officer Giustiniano (1569-1616). Ill. with an engraved title and 29 engr. fold. pl. depicting maps, plans, bridges, sieges, etc. in a very original and detailed manner. The only work containing the large strategic plans of the besieged cities in the Low Countries between 1601 and 1609.
Ref. STCV. - Matagne (Namur) G-84. - Simoni G-93. - BL (3). - BnF.
Prov. Francis L. Brooke (armorial bookpl.).