[Netherlands] Guicciardini, L. Description de touts les Pays-Bas

Arnhem, J. Janssonius, 1613. (12),606,(38)p., w. letterpress title (verso an engr. full-p. illustration dep. the 17 coats of arms of the Dutch provinces), engr. frontisp., 79 full-p. etched views in the text and 10 (of a possible 21) etched views on plates with blank versos. Contemp. mottled calf, gilt and ribbed spine w. mor. letterpiece, gilt turn-ins, obl. 4to. Occas. browned/ foxed, library stamp scratched away from title-p., occas. other internal imperfections. Joints split(ting), headcap lacking, corners bumped/ showing. In all, an attractive copy, w. old owner's entry "Aux Augustins du Quartier St. Germain des Prés, Paris" and shelf number on title-p. and on page 6. Furthermore w. annotation "Vente Cte. (...) Tabarie en fevr. 1731" (?) on upper pastedown.

Guicciardini Illustratus 13; H. de la Fontaine Verwey, Uit de Wereld van het Boek II, p. 9-31; Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 195b; Tiele 428 (note). Edition with newly engraved views by Pieter van den Keere, originally published with 79 views, to which 21 views/ maps w. blank versos were later added to be bound in with the rest (prob. because they were not finished in time).