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FLEMING, Philippe

Oostende vermaerde gheweldighe lanckduyrighe ende bloedighe belegheringhe, bestorminghe ende stoute aenvallen... in de jaren 1601.
1602.
1603. ende 1604
's Graven-Hage
Aert Meuris
1621
€800 - €1.400

4to, [12], 598 pp, title vignette, 16 double-page and 1 folding plates, 11 full-page portraits (incl. 1 of the author), 1 full-page coat of arms and 1 portrait of Maurice of Nassau on horseback before the walls of Ostend. (age-toned). Bound with: (Lambertus de RIJCKE). Bergen op den Zoom Beleghert op den 18 Iulij 1622, ende Ontleghert den 3 Octobris des selven iaers. Middelburgh, Hans vander Hellen, 1623. [24], 329, [13] pp. Only Dutch ed. (a French trsl. was publ. the same year). Printed in gothic and normal type. (lacking final blank; browning and marg. spotting, some occ. staining, tiny burning hole in O3). Contemporary mottled calf binding. (slightly rubbed), boards with double gilt-ruled border, gilt spine with 4 raised bands, joints splitting, mottled edges

Only edition of this eyewitness account of the Siege of Ostend by Ph. Fleming (1557-1621)
Ref. Muller historieplaten IV-1215. Biographie nationale VII, p. 106/107. NNBW VII, p. 435