1005 - GUALDO PRIORATO, Galeazzo, *Teatro del Belgio*, or a Description of the Seventeen Provinces of Belgium; with maps of the cities and principal fortresses [...]. Frankfurt, n.p., 1673. Folio: [12 (incl. frontispiece)]–148–[6] pp. (small tear and marginal loss restored, slightly trimming the image on the frontispiece; title page slightly soiled with a small marginal hole; minor restoration in the tail margin, and slight ink bleed-through from the signature on the verso, occasional foxing or spotting, map browned with a tear without loss along the folds, marginal tear without loss extending into the image on pl. 5, loss extending into the image on pl. 18, paper reinforcement on pl. 120). 18th-century vellum, spine with raised bands, red leather title label and initials “G.A.” written in black ink (some stains, slight losses of vellum on the boards, endpapers replaced). Rare Frankfurt edition of this history of the 17 Provinces by the historian and military draftsman Gualdo Priorato (1606–1678). Engraved illustrations: a fine frontispiece with the coat of arms of the 17 Provinces, a small illustration on the title page by Tobias Sadeler, 1 folded map of “XVII Provinciarum/ Inferioris Germaniae," and 120 double-page plans of the fortifications of, among others, Brussels, Leuven, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Ypres, Ostend, Nieuwpoort, Dixmude, Dendermonde, Lille, Douai, Kortrijk, Namur, Mons, Cambrai, Tournai, Oudenaarde, Dunkirk, Arras, Lens, Roermond, Geldria, etc. Enriched with another fold-out map of “Provinces Unies des Pays Bas.” Ref. VD17 14:084607M. Prov. G[uerriero] A[nastasi] (on the bookblock). - “Gift from Guerriero Anastasi 3/29/1900” (handwritten “ex dono” on the reverse of the title page).