1658 Dutch Wars Belgium Bello Belgico Strada Habsburg Portraits Elizabeth I

1658 Dutch Wars Belgium Bello Belgico Strada Habsburg Portraits Elizabeth I

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 1658 edition focuses primarily on the second decade of the Dutch wars and includes numerous full-page engraved portraits. Portraits include:

• Archduke Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor
• Francis Hercules II
• Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma
• Maurice of Orange, Nassau
• William Louis, Count of Nassau
• Elizabeth I of England

Item number: #27983

Price: $599

STRADA, Famiano

Famiani Stradae Romani e Societate Jesu De bello Belgico decas secunda : ab initio praefecturae Alexandri Farnesii Parmae Placentiaeque Ducis III

Romæ: Apud Haeredes F. Corbelletti, 1658.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [10], 342 (i.e., 642), [90]
  • 10 engraved plates, portraits
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
• Size: ~5.25in X 3.25in (13.5cm x 8cm)
• Rare edition

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