Priorato Galeazzo, G. Teatro del Belgio

o sia Descritione delle diecisette provincie del medesimo; con le piante delle città, e fortezze principali (...). Frankfort, n.publ., 1673. 1st ed. (20),144 p. Engr. frontisp. w. the coats of arms of the 17 Provinces, title-p. engr., 1 large fold. overview map, 120 fold. plans of fortifications of a.o. Antwerp, Brussels, Leuven, Ghent, Bruges, Ypres, Ostend, Nieuwpoort, Dixmude, Dendermonde, Lille, Douai, Kortrijk, Namur, Mons, Cambrai, Tournai, Oudenaarde, St. Omer, Lens, Roermond and Geldria, 12 engr. portraits. Cont. vellum w. manuscript title on spine. Folio.

Incomplete copy lacking the last few textlvs and the 2 plates depicting naval battles; some maps w. defects such as repairs, sm. tears, etc., 2 maps lacking half of the engr. and a few maps cut sl. short along top margin, some pages protruding along fore-edge, foxing and browning as usual. Still a decent, near-complete copy of this history of the 17 Provinces by the historian and military draughtsman Priorato (1606-1678).