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~ Splendid goldheightened orig. coloured copy ~
1050
[Low Countries]
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GUICCIARDINI, Lodovico
- Description de touts les Pais-Bas, autrement
appellés la Germanie inferieure, ou basse Allemagne (...). Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1582, folio, cont.
vellum with bevelled edges, flat spine titled in ink, [24]-495-[21] pp. (some waterstains, most plates
mounted on stubs, 1 split map rep., some c’folds sl. splitting). Beautiful copy.
Cfr. ill. € 3500/5000
Plantin’s French ed. of a monument in the history of the Low Countries: the eloquent description
of its 16th-c. towns by the Italian resident author Guicciardini (1521-1589).
Title, all plans &
views (more than 100!), initials and head-& tailpcs in a splendid cont. colouring
. Some maps
in a later colour? With allegorical front., title, border with coat-of-arms of the 17 Provinces with
in the centre the coat-of-arms of Flanders and of Philip II pasted on, allegorical border of arts &
sciences with in the middle the portrait of Philip II and the texts “Nec Spe, Nec Merv” and “Jam
Illustrabit Omnia” pasted on and
76 pl.
(of 78: lacking maps of Low Countries & Brabant) of
maps, cityplans & views of Flanders (Louvain, Antwerp, Lier, Malines, Ghent, Bruges, Tournai...),
the Netherlands (Roermond, Zutphen, Arnhem, Gelder, Leeuwarden, Franecker, Schoonhoven, &
Middelburg), Northern France (Lille, Douai, Artois, Arras, St-Omer, Cambray), Luxemburg and
Aachen. Ownership entry on title “B[enoît?] Haigniéré d’Ardres”
Ref.
Guicc. Illustr. 6, pp. 40-43
(variant 4). Cp. Voet III 1278.
1051
[Low Countries]
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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.
Cfr. ill.
€ 3000/4000
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.
Engr. ills.
: 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 IIlacking) 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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