1648 Dutch Wars Belgium Bello Belgico Strada Battle Habsburg Flanders PROVENANCE

1648 Dutch Wars Belgium Bello Belgico Strada Battle Habsburg Flanders PROVENANCE

Famiano Strada, a Jesuit professor of rhetoric, is chiefly remembered for his famous account of the Dutch War. ‘De Bello Belgico’ was Strada’s most famous work, a work in which Strada describes in detail the battles between Spanish troops of Parma and the Dutch armies under William of Orange.

This mid-17^th-century edition includes impressive full-page portrait engravings of prominent figures to the Dutch Wars – figures such as Philip II of Spain, Charles V, and Fernando Alvarez de Toledo Duke of Alba.

Item number: #26094

Price: $695

STRADA, Famiano

Famiani Stradae Romani e Societate Jesv De bello belgico decas prima ab excessu Caroli V

Romæ: Hermannum Scheus, 1648.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [6], 520, [128]
    • Pagination errors expected
  • 25 engraved plates (including engraved title page)
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Sr. John Anstruther of that ilk Baronet
  • Sir John Anstruther, 1st Baronet (c. 1678–1753) was a Scottish politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1702 to 1707, and in the British House of Commons from 1708 to 1741. In 1727 Anstruther was appointed “Sole Master of Works, Inspector and Director-General of all royal buildings in Scotland” by King George II, with responsibility for repairs and alterations to royal palaces and castles north of the border. He had a personal library of some significance and books from his collection can be identified by the presence of his engraved bookplate. Motto: PERIISSEM NISI PERIISSEM
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~5.5in X 3.25in (14cm x 8cm)

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