[City atlas] Il Teatro del Belgio

Teatro del Belgio o sia descritione delle Diedisette Provincie del Medesimo; Con le Piante delle Citti, e Fortezze Principale; da chi al presente possesse (...) Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato. [No publisher], Frankfurt, 1673. First edition.

Vellum, small folio, ms. title on spine, armorial chart with title, title with large woodcut vignette, (6),148,(10) pp., a large folding map of the 17 provinces, 13 portraits, 120 numbered double-page plans + 2 numbered prints 122 and 124 (not included in the index). Plain vellum binding with staining, waterstaining, various pages restored, general map loose. Plate 122 with naval battle and plate 124 "Het overtrekken van de Rijn bij het fort Tolhuis" outside the index. The famous fortification atlas by Priorato, in first edition. Contains plans of the fortification structures of most cities of importance in the Seventeen Provinces.