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In honour of the victories of Prince Maurits - from the library of Paulus van Uchelen, bound by Magnus View picture(s) 21 [ORLERS, Jan Jansz. & Hendrik Lodewijksz. HAESTENS]. La Genealogie des illustres comtes de Nassau nouvellement imprimée: avec la description de toutes les victoires lesquelles Dieu  à octroiées aux nobles ... messeignrs les Etats des Provinces Unies du Païs bas, sous la conduite & gouvernement de ... Maurice de Nassau. Deuxsiesme edition. Amsterdam, Jan Jansz. (Joh. Janssonius I) for Jan Orlers in Leiden, 1624. Folio. Contemporary ivory vellum over boards, ribbed spine gilt in compartments with title written in ink, double gilt fillets along the edges and double gilt inner fillets with gilt corner pieces (crowns), on both sides, sprinkled edges: bound by the famous Amsterdam book binder Albertus Magnus for the Dutch collector Paulus van Uchelen (see ill. in our Cat.107, p. 17). Printed title in large engraved border by Jacques de Gheyn II, made for Den Nassauschen Lauren-crans  (Leiden 1610; afb. in: The new Hollstein, The De Gheyn family II, p. 120), full-page coat of arms of Prince Maurits with an emblematic device underneath "Tandem fit surculus arbor" on the verso, full-page engraved portrait of Maurits by J. Matham, 13 half-page engraved portraits of counts and princes of the Nassau family in the "Genealogie", 2 double-page engraved maps of the Netherlands and Brabant and 41 double-page (2 folding) engraved plans and bird-eye views of cities and battles, possibly by Pieter Bast, in the "Lauriers de Nassau". (78), 305, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Bindings  Genealogy & Heraldry  House of Orange  Libraries & Collections  Low Countries  Provenance  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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In very intriguing binding with the monogram 'HD' surrounded with four 'Closed S's on both sides View picture(s) 22 [VIRGIL & OVID]. [Elegantes Variorum Virgilio-Ovidio-centones de opificio mundi, Christo Deo, Deique Matre, SS Francisco et Car. Borromaeo ...]. Munich, A. Bergia for Raphael Sadeler, 1617). Sm. 8vo. Contemporary black morocco, spine ribbed, with alternately a small gilt fleur-de-lis ornament and a gilt 'closed S' in the 6 compartments, and the gilt monogram 'HD' surrounded by four 'closed S'-s (possibly of Henri IV and Gabrielle d'Estrées?) in centre on both sides, marbled endpapers. 98 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Bindings  Classical Antiquity  French  Neo-Latin  Philosophy  Provenance  Royalty  Theology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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