De bello Belgico. The history of the Low-Countrey warres.

STRADA, Famiano

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Description du lot

London, H. Moseley, 1650

Folio: [8]-143, 83-[1], 58, 24, [44] pp., 14 pl. (front. pasted on pastedown, some staining and browning esp. on last f.).

Contemp. sheep, spine with raised bands (shaved, some stains, lower joint starting to split).

First edition of the English translation of the 1st decade of the history of the Dutch Revolt by the Italian Jesuit Strada (1572-1649). With an engr. front. and 13 engr. portraits (outside collation). At the end a 2-page stocklist of Moseley. Printed within ruled borders.
ref. ESTC R-24631 = Wing S-5777. - BB IV:276-7:S-80. - DBS VII:1612-13:10.
Prov. [Earls of Macclesfield's] South Libary (19th-c. armorial bookpl. on verso title and blindst.).