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Aitzinger (Eytzinger), M., Novus de Leone Belgico ... Cologne, 1596.
Basic work on the religious wars in the Netherlands in a beautiful Antwerp binding and with the famous LEO BELGICUS map
Aitzinger (Eytzinger), M., , Novus de Leone Belgico eiusque topographica atque historica descriptione liber. Cologne: Gerhard Kempen for Franz Hogenberg, [1596]. Small folio (27.5 x 20.5 cm)
With engraved title, folding map in the shape of a lion (LEO BELGICUS), double-page engraved medallion portraits of Philip II, the Duke of Alba, John of Austria, Alessandro Farnese, Luis de Zuñiga y Requesens, Margaret of Parma and Archduke Ernest of Austria, and 237 double-page engraved views by Hogenberg, showing towns, battles, sea battles, sieges, executions, tournaments, assemblies, etc. (A few creases and stains.)
Item number: 21660
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Bosio G. Histoire des Chevaliers ...
Basic work on the history of the Knights of Malta
Bosio G. Histoire des Chevaliers de l'Ordre de S. Jean de Hierusalem, contenant leur admirable Institution & Police; la Suite des Guerres de la Terre Saincte, où ils se sont trouvez, & leurs continuels Voyages, Entreprises, Batailles, Assauts & Rencontres. ... Paris, J. D'Allin, 1643. Four parts in one volume, folio (35,5 x 23 cm), engraved additional title, 3 divisional titles, 6 folding or double-page maps including Malta and Cyprus and plans end 57 portraits in text. Contemporary calf (restored), some worming (reinforced), occasional spotting, some light browning.
Item number: 13731
Le Petit J.F. La Grande Chronique . . .
Beautifully contemporary hand-coloured in full colour and liquid gold.
La Grande Chronique Ancienne et Moderne, de Hollande, Selande, West-Frise, Utrecht, Frise, Overyssel & Groeningen, jusques à la fin de l'An 1600. Dordrecht: Jacob Canin (Second vol.: G. Guillemot), 1601. 2 vol, folio (305 x 190 mm), 2 engraved title-pages, engraved portrait of the author, 57 engraved text illustrations consisting of three-quarter page full-length portraits all engraved by Christoffel van Sichem, all illustrations beautifully contemporary hand-coloured in full colour and liquid gold. Eighteenth-century mottled calf, spines richly gilt.
Item number: 13717