Historiae Belgicae liber singularis de obsidione Lovaniensi anni M.DC.XXXV. Novi sub Ferdinando Principe belli Auspicia.

Antwerp, J. Cnobbaert, 1636

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24mo: [20]-179-[9] pp. (lower corner of last f. torn).

Contemp. vellum (sl. soiled), flat spine titled in ink (endpapers gone). Good copy.

Eyewitness account of the Siege of Leuven by French and Dutch troops in June 1635. The author E. Puteanus (1574-1646) also added the story of the former Siege of Leuven by Marten van Rossem in August 1542. Folding engr. map of Leuven and ill. of war machines.
Ref. B.B. IV:803-804:P-261. - STCV.
Prov. Contemp. ownership entry on title.