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1134 - BONOURS, Christophle, *The Memorable Siege of Ostend*, described and divided into twelve books […]. Brussels: J. van Meerbeeck [i.e., Leiden: A. & B. Elsevier] 1628, 4to: [8]-601-[2] pp. (age-toned, horizontal paper fold causing a slight printing flaw on the title page and folio §3, marginal soiling on the first and last leaves, occasional spotting, corner loss slightly affecting the catchword on folio 2O4). Contemporary overlapping vellum, ink-titled spine (soiled, remnants of ties). Rare first edition of a detailed eyewitness account by a captain in Spanish service of the Siege of Ostend (1601–1604). Without the map. Ref. Matagne B:443 (copy without the title page and preliminaries). - Goldsmith B:1397. Joined: Astorga, Marquis van [Osorio, Antonio] - The Life of Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba [...]. The Hague, M. Uytwerf & E. Boucquet, 1701. 2 vols. (age-toned, very marginal wormholes, vol. 2: paper reinforcement on title page, light water stain on first leaves). Contemporary vellum (vol. 2 dust-soiled). First edition of the translation based on the Latin translation from the Italian (vol. I) and from the Latin for vol. 2, which is not by Osorio. Illustrated with 1 frontispiece (portrait of Alba) and 12 plates. Ref. STCN 187576831. (3 vols.)
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BONOURS, Christophle, *The Memorable Siege of Ostend*, described and divided into twelve books […]. Brussels: J. van Meerbeeck [i.e., Leiden: A. & B. Elsevier] 1628, 4to: [8]-601-[2] pp. (age-toned, horizontal paper fold causing a slight printing flaw on the title page and folio §3, marginal soiling on the first and last leaves, occasional spotting, corner loss slightly affecting the catchword on folio 2O4). Contemporary overlapping vellum, ink-titled spine (soiled, remnants of ties). Rare first edition of a detailed eyewitness account by a captain in Spanish service of the Siege of Ostend (1601–1604). Without the map. Ref. Matagne B:443 (copy without the title page and preliminaries). - Goldsmith B:1397. Joined: Astorga, Marquis van [Osorio, Antonio] - The Life of Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba [...]. The Hague, M. Uytwerf & E. Boucquet, 1701. 2 vols. (age-toned, very marginal wormholes, vol. 2: paper reinforcement on title page, light water stain on first leaves). Contemporary vellum (vol. 2 dust-soiled). First edition of the translation based on the Latin translation from the Italian (vol. I) and from the Latin for vol. 2, which is not by Osorio. Illustrated with 1 frontispiece (portrait of Alba) and 12 plates. Ref. STCN 187576831. (3 vols.)
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