[Plantin Press - Brabant] HARAEUS, Franciscus Annales ducum seu Principum Brabantiae totiusq. Belgii. Tomi tres [...] cum ducum seu principum imaginibus [...]. Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. Moretus, Widow J. Moretus, J. Meursius), 3 parts in 2 vol., folio: [36]-707-[116-1 bl.], [8]-678-[117-1 bl.] pp. (some mostly marg. spotting & staining, local browning). Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spines titled in ink (sm. def. at tail of vol. I). Good copy. Extensive history of Brabant (615-1623), with special attention to the recent period of the Dutch Revolt, by Haraeus (1550-1632), professor of rhetoric in Douai, later canon at Leuven. Engr. ill.: 2 titles by C. Galle and L. Vorsterman after Rubens and (fine full-page portraits of i.a. Dukes of Brabant, Princes of Netherlands, and Albert & Isabella. At end of each vol. woodcut printer's marks. Ref. Judson-Van de Velde 51-- De boekillustratie ten tijde van de Moretussen, p. 37a-c. - STCV. Prov. Prize book of "collegio nostro Meirhoutano", 2nd place for "Benedictus Schroven ex Vorst", Aug. (ms. prize leaf in both vol.). - Ms. note on verso prize. - Stamp on French titles.
[Plantin Press - Brabant] HARAEUS, Franciscus Annales ducum seu Principum Brabantiae totiusq. Belgii. Tomi tres [...] cum ducum seu principum imaginibus [...]. Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. Moretus, Widow J. Moretus, J. Meursius), 3 parts in 2 vol., folio: [36]-707-[116-1 bl.], [8]-678-[117-1 bl.] pp. (some mostly marg. spotting & staining, local browning). Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spines titled in ink (sm. def. at tail of vol. I). Good copy. Extensive history of Brabant (615-1623), with special attention to the recent period of the Dutch Revolt, by Haraeus (1550-1632), professor of rhetoric in Douai, later canon at Leuven. Engr. ill.: 2 titles by C. Galle and L. Vorsterman after Rubens and (fine full-page portraits of i.a. Dukes of Brabant, Princes of Netherlands, and Albert & Isabella. At end of each vol. woodcut printer's marks. Ref. Judson-Van de Velde 51-- De boekillustratie ten tijde van de Moretussen, p. 37a-c. - STCV. Prov. Prize book of "collegio nostro Meirhoutano", 2nd place for "Benedictus Schroven ex Vorst", Aug. (ms. prize leaf in both vol.). - Ms. note on verso prize. - Stamp on French titles.
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