1663 Edition of Emanuel van Meteren's Illustrated History of the Dutch Revolt

Emanuel van Meteren. HISTORIEN DER NEDERLANDEN, EN HAAR NABUREN OORLOGEN TOT HET IAAR 1612. Amsterdam: Jan Jacobis Schipper, 1663. Full gilt stamped and paneled speckled leather, label with manuscript and raised bands on spine, re-backed preserving original backstrip. Folio; *6 A-2P8 3A-3V8 4A-4Y8. Gothic type in double columns; text in Dutch. With register, printed marginalia, decorated initials, engraved title page, and numerous portrait engravings including many equestrian. USTC 1800486.
14 x 9 1/2 in.
Emanuel van Meteren (1535-1612) was an important Flemish historian who wrote extensively about the history of the Netherlands.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
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Leather with faint age cracks, boards with light scuffs and edgewear, small stain on upper board, ex-library copy with old library sticker at tail of spine, lacking ties; modern endpapers, title page and one additional leaf with 19th-century manuscript, title page verso with list of plates in manuscript and small stamp, first (3) leaves and several later leaves with institutional blind stamp; pages with light to moderate toning, edges browned, with minimal scattered foxing and light grime, occasional small stain, or small loss at corner or margin; a couple of tiny burn holes, one leaf lightly frayed. A very good and complete copy of this hefty, well-illustrated volume.