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GUICCIARDINI, L. Descrittione di tutti i Paesi Bassi, altrimenti detti Germania Inferiore. Antw., Chr. Plantinus, 1588. (12), 432, (18) pp. W. engr. front. (allegorical representation of the Netherlands), engr. ti., engr. coats of arms of the 17 Provinces with coat of arms of Philip II in the middle, engr. portrait of Philip II & 77 (of 78) engr. plates. Fol. Mod. vellum, uncut. (General map lacks, a bit browned/foxed in places, (espec. the plates), but else in good condition).
3rd Italian ed. (1st Silvius 1567, 2nd Plantin 1581) of the famous description of the Low Countries, updated with the recent drastic changes in the region's history. Guicciardini (1521-89), Italian businessman and author, left Italy in 1538 and settled down in Antwerp. His 'Descrittione' is the first detailed description of the principalities and cities of the Low Countries, which assured the author instant fame. The first copperengraved edition appeared in Italian in 1581. - Guicciardini Illustratus 8 p. 46ff; Bibl. Typogr. 1362; Voet 1280; Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 195b; Adams G-1542.€ 1800
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