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GUICCIARDINI, Lodovico

Descrittione di tutti i paesi bassi, altrimenti detti Germania Inferiore
Anversa
Cristofano Plantino
1588
€2.400 - €2.800

In-folio (34,7 x 22,3 cm), [24], 432, [18] pp, engraved title and frontispiece, coats of arms of the 17 Provinces with the royal coat of arms pasted in the middle, portrait of King Philip in an allegorical border, woodcut coat of arms of the author. Illustrated with 78 copper engraved plates (of which 12 maps). Some small wormholes in the inner margins of the first lvs., some margins foxed, corners of the 8 last index lvs. skillfully repaired. Otherwise a fine copy. Contemporary vellum binding, new end-lvs, title in ink on lower edge

Estimated Italian edition of the famous description of the Low Countries, updated with the recent drastic changes in the region's history. Ref. Guicciardini Illustratus, n°8 ; Voet, III, 1280 ; Adams G-1542

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