Emanuel van Meteren

Emanuel van Meteren

Low Countries.- Meteren (Emanuel van ) Historia Belgica nostri potissimum temporis Belgii sub quatuor Burgundis et todidem Austriacis principibus conjunctionem et gubernationem breviter, collation: (?)4 A-Z Aa-Zz6 Aaa-Eee6 Fff4 Ggg Hhh6, title within engraved historiated border, engraved folding map and circular portraits within text, small marginal worm trace at head at start, some spotting and water-staining, 19th century dark green morocco-backed limp marbled boards, vellum corners, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed, [Adams M1366], scarce, [?Antwerp], no printer, [1598, preface dated 1597] § Grotius (Hugo) Annales et historiæ de rebus Belgicis, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, fine engraved full-page portrait of the artist, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, pencil underlining and marginal markings, tear to final f. within text, but with minor loss, occasional spotting, contemporary speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners repaired, Amsterdam, Johann Blaeu, 1657; and a defective copy (with the majority of portraits and plates) of Grotius' Jaerboeken, 1681, folio (3)