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

Folio: engr. title-[12] ff.; 65 pl. (all ff. mounted on guards on the centerfold different from the usual oblong binding, toned, some foxing and soiling, stronger on some pl., light water stains, 1 folded pl. browned, a few tears in some pl., a few pl. reinforced, pl. III, XLVII bound at the end).

18th-c. marbled calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red sprinkled edges (covers with scratches, corners rubbed, turn-ins with def.).

First edition of this illustrated 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 plates, numb. I-LXIV, 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 folding plates figuring i.a. the "Chapelle ardente". Introduction in Latin, Spanish, French and Dutch. Variant issue without name of printer on M1v (as only described in Opac KBR).
Ref. Landwehr (Splendid Ceremonies) 69. - Coppens/De Schepper (Hastens) 22. - Peeters-Fontainas 1070. - STCV 6848945. - USTC 1005067. - Opac KBR.
Prov. Modern armorial bookpl.