Auction 358 Netherlands - General History & Topography
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LEIDEN -- ORLERS, J.J. Beschrijvinge der Stad Leyden. Inhoudende 't Begin, den voortgang, ende den wasdom der selver: (…) Mitsgaders van alle de Belegeringen, ende Aenslagen, die de selve Stad zedert den Jaere 1203 geleden heeft. Leyden, H. Haestens/J. Orlers/J. Maire, 1614. 2 parts in 1 vol. (24), 422, (2) pp. W. 1 lge. fold. plan after J.P. Dou (w. rep. on v°) underneath a perspective view on the city from the South, 2 fold. engr. depict. the Spanish siege & relief of the town, 6 fold. 'allegorical' engr., 11 text-engr. & 2 lge. woodcut armorial devices. 4°. Late 19th/early 20th c. brds. (Spine a bit rubbed/dam., plate w. relief of Leiden a bit rumpled and w. small rep. on v°).

First edition. Famous 'town book' of the city of Leiden, in fact the first comprehensive description of the city as such. Apart from some flaws in very good condition. - Nijhoff/v. Hattum 221.

€ 500

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