Low Countries] - GUICCIARDINI, Lodovico - Descrittione (...) di tutti i Paesi Bassi, altrimenti detti Germania Inferiore. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1588, folio, Italian old half vellum, decorative paper on covers (sl. rubbed, front joint sl. splitting, corners sl. bumped), spine on 5 raised bands, gilt title label, [22]-432-[18-2 bl.] pp. (paper age-toned, usual foxing & spotting throughout, waterstains, wormtrack in c'folds of maps mostly rep. except in last pls.). Still good copy.
3rd Italian ed. (1st Silvius 1567, 2nd Plantin 1581) of the famous description of the Low Countries, updated with the recent drastic changes in the region's history. Engraved illustrations : elaborate front. (allegorical representation of the Netherlands), title (coat-of-arms pasted on in lower blank margin), coats-of-arms of the 17 Provinces with coat-of-arms of Philip II in the middle (portrait of Philip II lacking) and 78 plates : 12 large maps, 42 double-page city maps, 15 single-page city maps, 4 monuments and 5 panoramical views. Ref. Guicc. Illustr. 8 p. 46. B.T. 1362. Voet, 1280. Sorgeloos 243. Haitsma Mulier/VanderLem, Repert. geschiedschr. 195b. Adams G-1542.
Low Countries] - GUICCIARDINI, Lodovico - Descrittione (...) di tutti i Paesi Bassi, altrimenti detti Germania Inferiore. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1588, folio, Italian old half vellum, decorative paper on covers (sl. rubbed, front joint sl. splitting, corners sl. bumped), spine on 5 raised bands, gilt title label, [22]-432-[18-2 bl.] pp. (paper age-toned, usual foxing & spotting throughout, waterstains, wormtrack in c'folds of maps mostly rep. except in last pls.). Still good copy.
3rd Italian ed. (1st Silvius 1567, 2nd Plantin 1581) of the famous description of the Low Countries, updated with the recent drastic changes in the region's history. Engraved illustrations : elaborate front. (allegorical representation of the Netherlands), title (coat-of-arms pasted on in lower blank margin), coats-of-arms of the 17 Provinces with coat-of-arms of Philip II in the middle (portrait of Philip II lacking) and 78 plates : 12 large maps, 42 double-page city maps, 15 single-page city maps, 4 monuments and 5 panoramical views. Ref. Guicc. Illustr. 8 p. 46. B.T. 1362. Voet, 1280. Sorgeloos 243. Haitsma Mulier/VanderLem, Repert. geschiedschr. 195b. Adams G-1542.
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