STRADA, F. The History of the Low-Countrey Warres: relating The...
STRADA, F. The History of the Low-Countrey Warres: relating The Battles, Sieges, and Sea-Fights, betwixt the King of Spain, France, and the States of the United Netherlands. Engl. by R. Stapylton. Lond., S. Thompson, 1667. (10), 143, (1 blank); 83, (1 blank); 58; 24, (44) pp. W. engr. portr. of the translator & 12 (of 13) engr. portrs. (Charles V, Philip II, William of Nassau, etc.). Fol. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, gilt emblem of the "Society of Writers to the Signet" & gilt coat of arms of William Douglas, Duke of Queensberry (1637-95) on both sides. (Bind. partly dam. (small pieces of cf. gone), joints split, corners bumped, old name entries on fly-lvs., a bit foxed in places).
Second English edition (first 1650). The only important pro-Catholic history of the revolt of the Netherlands against Hispano-Catholic rule, covering the period from 1555 to 1580.
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STRADA, F. The History of the Low-Countrey Warres: relating The Battles, Sieges, and Sea-Fights, betwixt the King of Spain, France, and the States of the United Netherlands. Engl. by R. Stapylton. Lond., S. Thompson, 1667. (10), 143, (1 blank); 83, (1 blank); 58; 24, (44) pp. W. engr. portr. of the translator & 12 (of 13) engr. portrs. (Charles V, Philip II, William of Nassau, etc.). Fol. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, gilt emblem of the "Society of Writers to the Signet" & gilt coat of arms of William Douglas, Duke of Queensberry (1637-95) on both sides. (Bind. partly dam. (small pieces of cf. gone), joints split, corners bumped, old name entries on fly-lvs., a bit foxed in places).
Second English edition (first 1650). The only important pro-Catholic history of the revolt of the Netherlands against Hispano-Catholic rule, covering the period from 1555 to 1580.
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