VAN HAESTENS, Hendrik Lodewijcxszoon La nouvelle Troye ou Mémorable histoire du siege d'Ostende. 1615 Elsevier, 4to, cont. marbled calf (corners rubbed), triple gilt border on covers, gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (rubbed, def. at head),...
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[8]-293-[1] pp. (waterstains in the corners & several pp. heavily browned (not affecting the pls); 1st 5 leaves bound in wrong order, laudatory poem on Maurits by De Neree is bound at end).
First French ed. (first Dutch ed., Leiden 1613) of one of the earliest accounts of the famous and bloody siege of the city of Ostend by the Spanish army written by the Dutch bookseller H. van Haestens. Engr. ills : front. with portrait of Prince Maurits of Nassau, engr. vign. on title, coat-of-arms of Prince Maurits and 14 pl. i.a. plan of the city of Ostend. Ostend was one of the most important Flemish coastal towns and one of the few towns in the Southern Netherlands that was not yet re-conquered by the commander of the Spanish army, Alessandro Farnese. During 3 long years (1601-1604) the Royal Army laid siege to the town and finally conquered it. Armorial bookpl. Bibliothèque de Boussoit, Cte L. de Nédonchel and other label Mr Le Marquis de Gages.
First French ed. (first Dutch ed., Leiden 1613) of one of the earliest accounts of the famous and bloody siege of the city of Ostend by the Spanish army written by the Dutch bookseller H. van Haestens. Engr. ills : front. with portrait of Prince Maurits of Nassau, engr. vign. on title, coat-of-arms of Prince Maurits and 14 pl. i.a. plan of the city of Ostend. Ostend was one of the most important Flemish coastal towns and one of the few towns in the Southern Netherlands that was not yet re-conquered by the commander of the Spanish army, Alessandro Farnese. During 3 long years (1601-1604) the Royal Army laid siege to the town and finally conquered it. Armorial bookpl. Bibliothèque de Boussoit, Cte L. de Nédonchel and other label Mr Le Marquis de Gages.
