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LOT 448
SOLD €550,00

Pompa funebris optimi potentissimiq. principis Alberti Pii,

archiducis Austriae, ducis. Burg. Bra. etc. Veris imaginibus expressa a Iacobo Francquaert (...) eiusdem principis moerientis vita, scriptore E. Puteano. Brussesl, no publisher, 1623 (bottom final text page M: Leuven, H. Hastenius, 1623), with 12 text leaves lettered A-M with text in Latin, Spanish, French and Dutch, engraved title page by C. Galle and 63 (of 64) engraved plates after I. Francquaert, contemporary vellum, oblong folio.

Most of the text leaves and the plates (partly numbered in pen instead of printed numbering) may be slightly soiled and stained, yet in good condition; lacks plate 47, engraved title page with fraying and damage, the folding plate has (partly repaired) large tears and the last plate is frayed. Binding stained and with folds. Sold w.a.f. The first edition of the immense funeral procession of archduke Albert of Austria, on 12 March 1622. A second edition (with French text) appeared in 1729. Nearly 700 characters are depicted, incl. nobles, clergy and citizens from various countries of the empire.

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