Lot n° 1252

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), 1623

Estimation : 280 / 280
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
3 parts in 2 vol., folio, cont. calf (sl. rubbed, corners repaired), richly gilt spines on 6 raised bands (upper joints sl. rubbed), red edges, [36]-707-[115], [8]-678-[117] pp. (some spotting, last bl. lacking, 1st vol. : sm. hole in margin of p. 89, tear in p. 145 rep.). 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 Louvain. Engr. ills : 2 titles by C. Galle and L. Vorsterman after Rubens and 44 (43, 1) full-page portraits of i.a. Dukes of Brabant, Princes of Netherlands, and Albert & Isabella. At end woodcut printer's marks. Bookpl. i.a. Wittock.
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