Guicciardini, Lodovico, 1521-1589, Descrittione di M. Lodovico Gvicciardini patritio fiorentino, di tvtti i Paesi Bassi, altrimenti detti Germania Inferiore , 1581
- Title(s):
- Descrittione di M. Lodovico Gvicciardini patritio fiorentino, di tvtti i Paesi Bassi, altrimenti detti Germania Inferiore : con tutte le carte di geographia del paese, & con ritratto naturale di molte terre principali riueduta di nuovo, & ampliata per tutto piu che la meta dal medesimo autore ... Con amplissimo indice di tutte le cose piu memorabili.
- Additional Title(s):
Descrittione di M. Lodovico Guicciardini patritio fiorentino, di tutti i Paesi Bassi, altrimenti detti Germania Inferiore
Descrittione di tutti i Paesi Bassi- Published/Created:
- In Amversa : Appresso Christosano Plantino, stampatore regio, 1581.
- Physical Description:
- [24], 558, [18] pages : illustrations (maps, portrait, coats of arms) ; 33 cm (fol.)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDH33.G9 D47 1581+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12256616
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Second edition; the first was published at Antwerp, 1567. Significantly enlarged, with new illustrations, comprising 55 engravings (including 46 double-page maps and 7 double-page views) probably designed by Pieter van der Borcht, printed by Mynken Liefrinck. Due to Spanish war conditions, the town plans of Antwerp and Cambrai were suppressed.
For a detailed description of this edition see Annales Plantiniennes, 1. ptie., p. 251-253.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in blind- and gilt-stamped contemporary sheep; rebacked. With armorial bookplate: The Right Honble. William Lord North of Carthlage and Baron Grey of Rolleston, 1703. With North's signature on half-title (next to the crossed-out signature of Daniel Dun). With the signature of Jacob Ortelius (nephew of Abraham Ortelius) on front fly leaf and on the title page; and with his notes on various cities on the rear fly leaf.
BAC: British Art Center copy augmented by 11 double-page maps and 9 single-page maps, with three leaves, from the 1588 edition, inserted between pages 86 and 91 (replacing those suppressed in this edition). Also added is a portrait of Abraham Ortelius and an engraving of the Spanish coat of arms, mounted on the verso of the title page. - Subject Terms:
- Belgium -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.Belgium -- Maps.Colius, Jacobus, 1563-1628 -- Autograph.Dun, Daniel -- Autograph.Luxembourg -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.Luxembourg -- Maps.Netherlands -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.Netherlands -- Maps.North, William North, Baron -- Bookplate
- Form/Genre:
- Atlases.
Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)
Engravings. - Export:
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