1584 HISTORY of HOLLAND antique ILLUSTRATED vellum bound Netherlands 16th CENT.

Adriaan van Baerland (1487-1538) / Philip Galle (1537-1612)


Hadriani Barlandi

Hollandiæ comitum historia et icones: (...).

Leiden by C. Plantini ("ex officina Chistophori Plantini") ; 1584

Size 8 by 12 1/4"

original limp vellum binding.

(6), 127 pp.

With beautiful title illustration in woodcut and 34 beautiful full-length portraits of the counts of Holland and Zeeland,
made by Philip Galle (1537-1612).

BOUND WITH:

"Had. Barlandi Traiectensium Episcoporum Catalogus et Eorum Res Gestae",

Ibid., 1584.

31 pp.

With beautiful title illustration in woodcut.

Vellum soiled

 Interior with light stains and occasional spotting.

A wormhole in the lower margin.

Beautiful first edition of this important historical work about the Dutch and Zeeland counts and the bishops of Utrecht.

Text in Latin

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Adrianus Barlandus, Latinization of Adriaan van Baerland (Baarland (Zuid-Beveland), September 28, 1486 – Leuven, November 30, 1538), was a Zeeland philologist, historian, moral philosopher and man of letters, who worked in Leuven.

Philip Galle (also Philippe, Philips or Filip &c.) (Haarlem, 1537 - Antwerp, 12 or 29 March 1612) is best known for his work as an engraver and draftsman. He is also famous for his engraving reproductions of various paintings.
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