Famiani Stradae Romani e Societate Jesu De bello Belgico decas secunda ab initio praefecturae, Alexandri Farnesii ... VOLUME 2
1648, 1st Edition in this form. [Amsterdam] Iuxta exemplar Romae : apud Haeredes Francisci Corbelletti, M DC XLVIII. Very good copy bound in full modern vellum; the title applied in block to a paper label. Remains quite a well-preserved example overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 642 pages; Physical description [12], 642 p. : map, port. ; 14 cm. Notes; Preliminary engraved t.p. of a map of the Netherlands in form of a lion supporting shield. A first volume was published by Hermann Scheus. Subject; Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, 1545-1592. Netherlands - History - Wars of Independence, 1556-1648. Language; Latin. Tail-piece, initials &c. Strada's work consists of twenty books divided into two decades or volumes; the second decade (1578-1590) appeared in 1647; the two decades were first issued together (Decades duae) in 1651; each decade was again published separately, 1653 and later; a third decade, written by the author, was not published, owing to obstacles interposed by the Spanish court. -- cf. Vander Haeghen, Bibl. belg. and Backer-Sommervogel, VII, columns 1608-1609. Imprint date with turned "c"s. Printed in Amsterdam by J. Jansson (Willems). Item #191396
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