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De Bello Belgico, Decas Prima / Decas Secunda.
€6.900
With 2 engraved titles of the 'Leo Belgicus', with one paw resting on a shield bearing the title, large woodcut printer's device on the colophons, and 30 richly engraved views and plans of battles and sieges, 28 double-page and 2 full-page, by Johanness W.Bauer, J.Miele, Jacomo Cortese, a.o.
This item is the first map in a first state included in The Bello Belgico , written by Famianus Strada (1572-1649), Jesuit and teacher at the Collegium Romanum in Rome, was a pro-Spanish and pro-Catholic book on the Dutch war of independence. Editions in Italian, Dutch, French, Spanish and even in the Polish language followed, but only the Latin and Dutch editions have the lion maps.
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Two examples of the famous Leo Belgicus map are included. Among the greatest decorative works of early cartography is a series of arresting maps showing The Netherlands and Belgium in the shape of a lion.
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- Maker / Publisher
- STRADA, Famiano.
- Place / Date
- Rome, Franciscus Corbelletus, 1632-1647
- Date
- Rome, Franciscus Corbelletus, 1632-1647
- Color
- Uncoloured
- Height
- 325
- Width
- 225
- Condition
- 2 vols. Folio. Pink cardboards, basane on spine, gilt-tooled title and fillets, red sprinkled edges. Boards partly faded. Maps folded. A few engravings cut till plate mark.
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