Lot 1121
1121
GUEVARA, A. de. Den vorsteliicken lust-hof ende morgen-wecker, in welcken de koninghen, vorsten, heeren ende allerley potentaten, zoo wel ooc die van adel, officieren ende ampt-mannen treffelijc onderricht zijn. (...) Nu uyt den Hoogh-duytsche inde Neder-duytsche sprake grondelijck en trouwelijck over-ghezet: Door D.W.C. Schiedam/Rott., J. Wolffertsz Vleyser & M. Bastiaesz., 1617 (w. printed address slip pasted over: Rott., J. v. Waesberghe, 1618). 3 parts in 1 vol. (5), 94, (2); (1), 97, (2); (1), 113, (2) lvs. W. lge engr. vign. on ti. depicting the Dutch lion, full-p. portr. of Prince Maurits Orange-Nassau w. opposite his coat of arms 4°. Cont. overl. vellum. (Top of spine/back cover slightly dam., else a very fine copy).
First and only Dutch edition of this "Mirror for princes and sovereigns", which was originally published in Spanish at Valladolid in 1529, under the title 'Reloj de principes'. - Extremely rare. Palau 110204; cf. Brunet II, pp. 1799ff; not in Simoni, Muller/De Vries/Scheepers, Ledeboer, Waller. - From the library of the Comte Chorinsky & J.A. van Praag and with their bookplates.€ 800
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