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<dl><dd>Imprint from colophon</dd>
<dd>Half-title within elaborate strapwork border: De triumphe vã Antwerpen</dd>
<dd>Scaled cuts by Pieter Coecke van Aelst depict ephemeral structures erected for Prince Philip's entrée of 1549. Leaves L1-2, hinged in at the centerfold, incorporate a double-page ill. that is extended with a third folded leaf tipped on L2 at the right margin</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-H J K L² M-O</dd>
<dd>BM STC Dutch and Flemish, 1470-1600</dd>
<dd>Binding: old calfskin, rebacked and repaired. Tooled in blind with fillets and a roll incorporating medallions. Holes for two pairs of ties at foredge</dd>
<dd>Centered on front free endpaper is armorial bookplate of William Stirling</dd>
<dd>Photocopy available</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598; Royal visitors; Triumphal arches</div>
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<dl><dd>Grapheus, Cornelius Scribonius</dd>
<dd>Coecke van Aelst, Pieter, 1502-1550</dd></dl></div>
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