Pompa funebris optimi potentissimiq[ue] principis Alberti pii, archiducis Austriae [...].

Obl. folio: [13 incl. engr. title] ff.; 65 pl. (occ. spotting, marg. of last pl. dampst.).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine, red edges (soiled, 18th-c. ms. entry on front flyleaf erased).

First edition of this ill. account of the funeral procession of Albert Archduke of Austria (1599-1621) by E. Puteanus (1574-1646). Ill. with a very nice engr. title and 65 pl., numb. I-LXIIII, by Galle after the drawings of the architect J. Francquart (1577-1651) showing all 675 people in the funeral procession with name and status, and 3 large fold. pl. figuring i.a. the "Chapelle ardente". Introduction in Latin, Spanish, French and Dutch.
Ref. Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies, 69. - Coppens/De Schepper (Hastens) 22. - Peeters-Fontainas 1070. - STCV 6848945.
Prov. E. Van Havre (arm. bookpl.).