[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-[pp. (last f. of vol. II with printer's mark missing; some toning & spotting, some local marg. staining). Old marbled calf (some sm. tears), covers with gilt-rolled ornamental frame and floral corner pieces, gilt orn. spines with 6 raised bands (sl. rubbed, joints rubbed), brown leather title pieces, gilt orn. sides & inside dentelles, sp. edges, marbled endpapers. 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 nice titles by C. Galle and L. Vorsterman after Rubens and (fine full-page portraits of i.a. Dukes of Brabant, Princes of the Low Countries, and Albert & Isabella. Woodcut printer's mark at the end of vol. I. Ref. Judson-Van de Velde 51-- De boekillustratie ten tijde van de Moretussen, p. 37a-c. - STCV.
[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-[pp. (last f. of vol. II with printer's mark missing; some toning & spotting, some local marg. staining). Old marbled calf (some sm. tears), covers with gilt-rolled ornamental frame and floral corner pieces, gilt orn. spines with 6 raised bands (sl. rubbed, joints rubbed), brown leather title pieces, gilt orn. sides & inside dentelles, sp. edges, marbled endpapers. 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 nice titles by C. Galle and L. Vorsterman after Rubens and (fine full-page portraits of i.a. Dukes of Brabant, Princes of the Low Countries, and Albert & Isabella. Woodcut printer's mark at the end of vol. I. Ref. Judson-Van de Velde 51-- De boekillustratie ten tijde van de Moretussen, p. 37a-c. - STCV.
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