[Court ceremonies] La Serre, (J. Puget de). Histoire curieuse de tout ce qui c'est passé a l'entrée

de la Reyne Mere du Roy Treschestien [sic] dans les villes des Pays Bas; Par le Sr. de la Serre Historiographe de France. Antw., Imprimerie Plantiniienne de Balthasar Moretus, 1632, (12),74,(1) p., w. engr. title by C. Galle (Maria de Medici meeting Isabella Clara Eugenia), full-p. allegorical engr. (the Queen and her children, and 3 full-page engr. ills. (visits to Mons, Brussels and Antwerp), cont. calf, gilt and ribbed spine w. mor. letterpiece, 4to (sm. folio size). A few stains, occas. foxing and offsetting from turn-ins. Rebacked w. use of the orig. backstrip (top and bottom compartments missing), covers chafed. A good copy from the library of Vincent van Gogh (1866-1911), w. his bookplate etched by Marius Bauer on upper pastedown. Van Gogh was his world famous namesake's uncle. He was an established and well-known art dealer, who owned a small business in paints and drawing materials in the Hague. In 1858 he joined forces w. Goupil & Cie. (in 1858). See Hulsker, Lotgenoten, p. 24 - 25.

Landwehr, splendid ceremonies, item 84; Atlas van Stolk, vol. II, 1818; De Schepper/ de Nave, 'Ex Officina Plantiniana Moretorum', p. 282; Goldsmith P-1590. The book describes the Royal Visit of Maria de Medici to the Low Countries, where she was received in Mons, Antwerp and Bruxelles. A visit of the French exiled Queen mother Maria de Medici, gave rise to the publication of 'Histoire curieuse (...)' compiled by J. Puget de la Serre (1600 - 1665). A visit by Maria de Medici to the printing establishment of the Officina Plantiniana is mentioned on page 59.