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BONOURS, Christophle de Le memorable Siege d'Ostende, decrit, et divisé en douze livres […]. Brussels J. van Meerbeeck [i.e. Leiden, A. & B. Elsevier] 1628 4to: [8]-601-[2] pp. (age-toned, horizontal paper fold causing a sl. printing flaw to the title page and f. §3, marg. soiling on first and last lvs., occ. spotting, angular loss slightly affecting the catchword on f. 2O4). Contemp. overlapping vellum, ink-titled spine (soiled, remains of ties). Rare first edition of a detailed eyewitness account by a captain in the Spanish service of the Siege of Ostend (1601-1604). Without the map. ref. Matagne B:443 (copy without the title and prelims). - Goldsmith B:1397. Joined: Astorga, marquis van [Osorio, Antonio] - Het leven van Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, hertog van Alba [...]. The Hague, M. Uytwerf & E. Boucquet, 1701. 2 vol. (age-toned, very marg. wormholes, vol. 2: paper reinforcement on title, light waterstain on first lvs). contemp. vellum (vol. 2 dust-soiled). First edition of the translation after the Latin translation from the Italian (vol. I) and from the Latin for the vol. 2, which is not by Osorio. Ill. with 1 front. (portr. of Alba) and 12 pl. Ref. STCN 187576831. (3 vol.)
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