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[Belgium] Guicciardini, Ludovico. Belgicae sive Inferioris Germaniae descriptio. (...). Pars prima,

sive Belgicae descriptio generalis. Pars secunda: De Belgica Regi Hispaniarum, &c; subdita. Amst., J. van Meurs, 1660. 2 parts in 1 vol., (16),86-521 p. Engr. frontisp. w. title, putti, coats of arms etc. and 28 plans (incl. general map) of a.o. Antwerp, Brussels, Mechelen, Maastricht, Luxembourg, Ghent, Sluis, Hulst, Lille, Arras, Cambrai, Mons and Namur. Cont. overlapping calf, gilt title on spine. Later Latin 12mo ed. of the "Descrittione" by Guicciardini (1521-1589). This volume includes the first and second parts of the 1660 edition, i.e. the general introduction and the part on the Spanish Netherlands, but not the third part about the Seventeen Provinces (Belgica Foederata) that was often bound separately.

The Sas van Gent plan was not included in this printing, see the Index Tabularum et Urbium partis secunda. Ref. Guicc. Illustr. 26 p.98.

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