Emanuel de Meteren - L'histoire des Pays-Bas - 1618
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Emanuel de Meteren’s illustrated French-language history, *L'histoire des Pays-Bas*, was published in 1618 by Hillebrant Jacobsz. van Wouw in a leather binding and contains 1,446 pages, a map and 58 portraits.
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The History of the Netherlands by Emanuel de Meteren. Or a collection of wars and memorable things that occurred both in the said countries and in the neighboring countries from the year 1315 up to the year 1612. Corrected and augmented by the author himself before his death besides the copy in Flamand and enriched with several portraits of the principal lords and leaders of war on both sides. Translated from Flamand into French by idl. With the life of the author - The Hague, Hillebrant Jacobsz. van Wouw, - 1618 (8) 720[=723 leaves = 1446 pp] (33) pp - leather bound - 35.5 x 22.5 x 9.5 cm
Reasonably good, some loss to foot of spine, crack, 1 cm, head of spine, some loss along the top and bottom edge (near corner) of the front cover. Its loss upper middle of the right hinge; substantial bump on the top edge of the front board. Endpapers front and back loose at top and bottom. Title page detached at the top, loss of the top corner, and reinforced on the reverse. The edge of the first 16 leaves (from the beginning to numbered leaf 6) including the title page, portrait and the map reinforced/restored, here and there loss of image and letters, restoration at the top of the side margin and/or right in the top margin of the last 6 leaves. Interior yellowed, here and there a spot, (light) moisture stain in the upper margin/top corner on almost all pages - bleeding into the text on some pages; in the inner corner of some pages; heavy moisture stain in the lower half or inner margin of a number of pages between 370 and 475, moisture stain, streak in the lower margin of several pages, gray/purple spots in the upper corner of the last 10 leaves and on about 20 leaves scattered throughout the inside. Wormhole in the lower margin from the beginning to leaf 430, Some foxing. Tear, 4 cm, in the margin of the second unpaginated text leaf. Tear, 1 cm, in the margin of three leaves
Contains an engraved title page, map of “Nova Germaniae Inferioris Descriptio”, 48 portraits in the text, 10 portraits outside the text (including the author) and 1 of the statue of Alva
The History of the Netherlands by Emanuel de Meteren. Or a collection of wars and memorable things that occurred both in the said countries and in the neighboring countries from the year 1315 up to the year 1612. Corrected and augmented by the author himself before his death besides the copy in Flamand and enriched with several portraits of the principal lords and leaders of war on both sides. Translated from Flamand into French by idl. With the life of the author - The Hague, Hillebrant Jacobsz. van Wouw, - 1618 (8) 720[=723 leaves = 1446 pp] (33) pp - leather bound - 35.5 x 22.5 x 9.5 cm
Reasonably good, some loss to foot of spine, crack, 1 cm, head of spine, some loss along the top and bottom edge (near corner) of the front cover. Its loss upper middle of the right hinge; substantial bump on the top edge of the front board. Endpapers front and back loose at top and bottom. Title page detached at the top, loss of the top corner, and reinforced on the reverse. The edge of the first 16 leaves (from the beginning to numbered leaf 6) including the title page, portrait and the map reinforced/restored, here and there loss of image and letters, restoration at the top of the side margin and/or right in the top margin of the last 6 leaves. Interior yellowed, here and there a spot, (light) moisture stain in the upper margin/top corner on almost all pages - bleeding into the text on some pages; in the inner corner of some pages; heavy moisture stain in the lower half or inner margin of a number of pages between 370 and 475, moisture stain, streak in the lower margin of several pages, gray/purple spots in the upper corner of the last 10 leaves and on about 20 leaves scattered throughout the inside. Wormhole in the lower margin from the beginning to leaf 430, Some foxing. Tear, 4 cm, in the margin of the second unpaginated text leaf. Tear, 1 cm, in the margin of three leaves
Contains an engraved title page, map of “Nova Germaniae Inferioris Descriptio”, 48 portraits in the text, 10 portraits outside the text (including the author) and 1 of the statue of Alva
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
History, Illustrated
Book title
L'histoire des Pays-Bas
Author/ Illustrator
Emanuel de Meteren
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1618
Height
35.5 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
22.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
No
Publisher
Hillebrant Jacobsz. van Wouw
Binding/ Material
Leather
Number of pages
1446
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