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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

Vendu

4to, [12], 598 pp, title vignet, arms and portrait of Mauritius de Nassau, portrait of Fleming, 10 engr. portraits, 17 (on 18) double-page or folding plates. Printed in gothic type. Some stains and light waterst. on some pages. Cont. full calf binding. (sl. rubbed). Nice copy. Bound with an extra engraving 'Zee-slag tussen d'engelse en neerlanders onder beleydt van d'admiralen Monck ende Ruyter op den 11,12,13 en 14 juni 1666', with three cont. handcol. portraits (Muller 2234)

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