Serenissimi Alberti Belgarum principis elogium et funus […].

8vo: 102-[8-2 bl.] pp. (toned, some marg. dampstaining or soiling).

Old calf, covers with gilt double ruled border, gilt spine with raised bands and morocco label, sp. edges (sl. rubbed, head def.). Good copy.

First edition of an eulogy of the recently deceased Archduke Albert of Austria (1559-1621) by the ecclesiastical historian Aubertus Miraeus (1573-1640). As often without the later added quires H-I ("Isabellae sanctae". A 2nd ed. in a larger format (4to) appeared in the same year at the Officina Plantiniana. Woodcut device on title.
Ref. De Ridder (Le Mire) 79-80:XLIV. - STCV.
Prov. Léon Lahaye (arm. bookpl.).