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Belgio - Guicciardini, Lodovico
Description of all the Netherlands otherwise called Lower Germany, 1588
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Antwerp, Plantino, 1588. In 2°. Beautiful intaglio frontispiece with the allegory of the Netherlands, frontispiece with architectural frame, on the reverse of the frontispiece intaglio coat of arms of Philip II surrounded by the coats of arms of the Provinces; portrait of Philip II on paper *3r; woodcut coat of arms of the author on the reverse, with 1 map of Antwerp in the text (H1-2) and with 77 (of 78) geographical maps at the end of the volume, most of which are double-paged, small lack on the upper white margin of the card no. 42, restoration of the Brabantia paper, the front of the paper with the half-title is missing, while the relined frontispiece (the reverse of the half-title) is present, with restorations and small defects, small restoration on the external margin of the title page and small cut without loss, some worm holes on the first leaves, redness, some light water stains and foxing, few slightly browned leaves, blank paper missing at the end of the index (p4), coeval stiff parchment binding, missing front plate, some worm holes, defects.
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Third Italian edition of one of the most important texts on the Netherlands of the 16th century written by Lodovico Guicciardini (Florence 1521-Antwerp 1589). This is the first detailed description of the provinces and cities with numerous geographical maps and city views, the same tables also present in the French edition of 1582, with the exception of the plan of Antwerp which has undergone slight modifications (the bastions of the city were rebuilt in 1585). As in the French edition, in this one too the plates were printed separately so that future owners of the book could decide where to place them.
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